This ^^^

McGuire deserves a shot to prove himself and if BM and GH decide to give him his chance we should all be backing that.

Next year is going to be a huge learning curve for everyone involved. There will inevitably be mistakes along the way, and I'm sure it'll take more than one season to get things right. But back to McGuire, in my opinion no one deserves their chance more than him in the team.

Couldn't agree more. IMHO, he's been the most important player for a few years now. The best player of the 'golden generation'.

He's been organising and running the team round the park for the last few years, it's odd that some haven't noticed.

Exactly.

These same critics were after McGuire early last season and look how he proved them wrong. Nobody is perfect and Sinfield's has left uniquely large shoes to fill. But Danny deserves time to settle into the job without constant carping from the members of the 'Keyboard Tappers and Grunters Club' who should have learnt from the being proven to be so wrong by Brian Mac.

and a Happy and Healthy New Year to all.

hardakers the most important and only one we can't cover

See the opinion police are out again. Happy off-season.

Andy - nobody is more forceful of their own opinion and dismissive of anyone who dares to challenge it than you. So I am not sure what your point here is?

Maybe you need an "opinion nurse" for your battered ego, give it a little massage maybe. It's a forum where 99% of people will have an opinion, yours is no better or worse than anyone else's. Most people just don't agree with you, doesn't mean they're "policing" you.

Wow. You spend more time on here shooting others down than any other poster and by a long way, you chuffing hypocrite. It's only when others have a dig back that you start throwing around the "opinion police" bollards.

Happy New Year.

This thread is in danger of turning into the second coming of the McD-allah-god thread.

Everyone has their view on what it takes to be a captain and who that should be but the level of opposition to Mags is quite astounding. Even the title of this thread just seems so OTT.

I hope that those who are so openly opposing him have it thrown back at them by both Mags and the club as a whole during the season.

But regardless of how next season goes it would be nice to see fans supporting a player who has been absolutely integral to the success of the last decade if he does get the armband. I hope that happens.

This forum is full of posters that have very strong opinions and agenda's against certain players or even the coach of the club

some posters try to over power other posters with their strong beliefs in the hope that they will beat them into submission and concede the debate.

Most topics on this forum tend to end up with the same few posters trying to out score each other

Most debates often get sidetracked from their original point and get merged into much the same topic as every other one previously

I wonder how many registered users or even possible new posters refrain from coming on here due to all of the above ?

I personally find it all quite amusing reading how these prospective CEO's, Head Coaches and player mentors who with the benefit of hind site would have transformed our club to even greater success' this last decade

Get your CV's in ASAP

Agree McGuire deserves the support if things don't start too well. Regarding the point about him moaning a bit to refs and reacting a bit to other players, I reckon he is pretty placid and close to a Trappist monk when compared to some down the years, Murphy, Hepworth, Gregory, Edwards, Ricky Stuart, Andrew Johns and of late Briers and the current holder of the crown, danny brough.
Happy new year to all.

I think he is next years Captain he has been filling in for awhile so why give him experience at the role and then appoint someone else?I also think Danny comes across very well in interviews

This post is spot on.

When I first signed up I barely posted because whenever I did it felt like the same small group just slammed you. In the end I just thought 'sod them' but agree many will be discouraged which is a shame.

It's not so much the clash of opinions which is actually what forums are about but the way some move into personal attacks rather than sticking to the subject. But then I'm wandering of subject myself.

Mags for president

^ this.

TBF there has always been a divide on here, some pro, some negative. I mostly just read nowadays, though the same muckraking and petty point scoring has been going on for years, slowly choking away most posters.