Nobby !!

Sam with Lockers as 'Club Captain' for me

Way too young imo.

Lockers. Can't believe Fielden has two votes, captain of the reserves maybe.

I want to know why someone voted for Tomkins?

And also who the two votes for others are?

IMO it should only be given to Lockers and if he is injured then Bailey would be my vice captain. Its good to see that Lockers has been giving the backing by the fans, last season was one of, if not the best season hes had with us.

Sometimes, your captain needn't be the guy with the biggest gob on them. Sometimes, it's the guy with the work ethic that's the best person to "lead you into battle" and Lockers has that in abundence.

Another plus point is he's a Wiganer through and through.

In my mind, I'd give the VC to Tommy or Pat. Interesting to see that people are looking to Sam to be captain. Sam's a leader and he does that on the pitch, but I think he's a captain for the future IMO.

Personally, I'd have O'Loughlin as captain and Deacon as vice.

From a supporters perspective, I've seen nothing from Lockers to suggest why he should lose his captaincy.

Lockers should stay captain but I don't think it really matters. If Bailey/Leuluai/Tomkins etc aren't captains, they can still talk on the field. They can still give advice and call moves. Captain is only a name really.

On the subject of others ,
i would choose George Carmont a consistent performer who's form and attitude since he has been at the club even got him into the dream team ,an old head who will stick up for his teammates and is a family man to boot.

If it was for twelve months i don't think it would cause to much upset in the camp and may lead to other players stepping up to the job if they knew it was up for grabs when he retires .

Lockers is a great player for us but not a very good captain IMO.
He's had the job long enough and like Noble it's time for a change to see if we can improve IMO. No one should be afraid to change captain and should welcome MM scrutinizing who the captain should be.

So its good to see MM starting everything with a clean sheet but unfortunately we have a very quiet side so there are no obvious alternatives which is hardly a stunning recommendation whoever gets the job be that Lockers or anyone else. The Captaincy and on field leadership has been an issue for several seasons now.

So I voted for Deacon simply because he's captained Bradford to several trophy victories. I doubt he will get it being the new boy though despite his obvious qualifications.

Dave

Wouldn't have said this previously, but Lockers is really starting to take the roll and command some respect.

In light of no other serious options at all (perhaps Bailey but that would be too short term) can't see anyone else at the moment who would be better.

Dave I can sort of see your reasoning, but it looks as though deacon will only be playing for one season, so I don't think that giving him the captaincy for that short period would be the way forward.

Personally I'd still go with Locky, he is well respected throughout the club by all the players.

Long term Sam will at some stage captain the club.