Neville New United Captain

merlinsmerryman · 02-12-2005 2:18pm #1

Gary Neville has been confirmed as the new club captain of Manchester United. Imo the right choice.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/4492224.stm

mchurl · 02-12-2005 2:52pm

Definetly the right man for the job and probabaly the only real vaible option imo

yop · 02-12-2005 2:56pm

Good appointment, plenty of experience and not afraid to give a tongue lashing

wheres me jumpa · 02-12-2005 2:57pm

im not his biggest fan, but i have come to appreciate his loyalty, guts and determination. the only player at the moment in the squad who could do the job.

Kingp35 · 02-12-2005 2:59pm

I think he was the only one they were going to give it to tbh. There are no other options at Man U at the moment. He should be a decent enough captain

The Muppet · 02-12-2005 4:23pm

He was the obvious choice United through and through.

LostinBlanch · 02-12-2005 4:33pm

Yup, agree with that

merlinsmerryman · 02-12-2005 4:57pm

Ferguson and Van Nistelrooy have both given their backing to Neville's appointment(In Fergusons point explaining the reasons behind the appointment)

http://home.skysports.com/list.asp?hlid=330917&cpid=8&CLID=&lid=2&title=Fergie+and+Ruud+back+new+skipper&channel=football_home

gracehopper · 02-12-2005 5:03pm

Yeah he'll make a good captain, better than giggs r RVN in my opinion, Neville isnt the greatest full back of all time but he is solid, it takes a very good winger to get the better of him

Chong · 02-12-2005 5:23pm

Yup gets my vote .

merlinsmerryman · 02-12-2005 5:26pm

Also gets by the wide man and is able to put in a decent cross. Hopefully our good run will continue now that we seem to have a settled team(save 1 maybe 2 positions), formation and now a full time captain n place.

johnor · 02-12-2005 6:34pm

He deserves it on his consistency over last five/six seasons....Giggs aint a leader and he aint gonna be getting a whole lot of games..

Lemlin · 02-12-2005 7:33pm

He's the only one they could of gave it too. Its a pity Paddy Vieira still isn't round for the pre-match handshakes.

Never forget how he sounded like a little girl in the Keano tunnel incident shouting "get away from me" at Vieira.

The Muppet · 02-12-2005 7:51pm

Lemlin wrote:

He's the only one they could of gave it too. Its a pity Paddy Vieira still isn't round for the pre-match handshakes.

Never forget how he sounded like a little girl in the Keano tunnel incident shouting "get away from me" at Vieira.

Something tells me you might be misjudging Neville. I don't think he is the type to let himself or his teammates be intimidated, unlike paddy is said incident.

Rikand · 02-12-2005 8:38pm

Lemlin wrote:

He's the only one they could of gave it too. Its a pity Paddy Vieira still isn't round for the pre-match handshakes.
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that handshake was one of the funniest moments in football i had ever seen....man, where did Vieira disappear to for the rest of that match!

Lemlin · 02-12-2005 9:03pm

The Muppet wrote:

Something tells me you might be misjudging Neville. I don't think he is the type to let himself or his teammates be intimidated, unlike paddy is said incident.

All I know is that all you can hear is Neville roaring "get away from me" in a very child-like, girly tone. Watch the clip again if you can. He doesn't sound at all intimidating to me. I'm not even a Keano fan but I admire what he did that night.

Geg124 · 02-12-2005 9:14pm

He gets my vote aswell. He is the only player at Man Utd at the moment capable of leading the team forward

super_furry · 02-12-2005 9:22pm

Neville is probably the best choice of what's there, but like was already stated, he needed Keane to stand up to Vieria for him and is far from being a natural leader.

Jivin Turkey · 02-12-2005 9:27pm

Without doubt the best choice. Still probably has about four years left in him to I'd say.

scuba steve · 03-12-2005 12:15pm

ya possibly 3or4 years left. Delighted, the best possible option

Neville New United Captain

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