Stevie Ward if he's back.

Ablett's only played 10 games and 6 of those after his first comeback from his ankle injury it was obvious he wasn't really fit to return.

However I wouldn't give the captaincy to Ablett and it's for the same reasons people weren't sure about McGuire getting it.....too hot tempered, too niggly and gets into too many running moans with the refs, probably more guilty of it than McGuire in fact.

Hmmm...hardly a long term solution, but a positive move in the fight against age discrimination

Stevie Ward will possibly only play half a dozen games this season, so the last thing he needs is to be lumbered with the burden of being captain for 2017 IMO

Surely his main priority for the 2017 season is to get a good pre season under his belt and just concentrate on his footy
If i'm not mistaken he will have only had one full pre seasons training with the first team squad since he left Woodkirk Academy due to injuries

Because this club needs to form a new strategy and growth of a team together. If it doesn't it will be swapping and changing for years, and getting no where. That growth together starts with a long term view on captaincy. It may be Ward isn't the answer, I don't now, it might be the new captain is still to come in. But one thing for certain is that noboday this season has shown themselves worthy of such a role going forward, and McGuire was the biggest mistake the moment it was announced. Why persevere with something that clearly does not work?

A fair point - not sure what the options are outside of Ward?