burning question.......does this make them automatic choices every week.
ie..undroppable???

I get the feeling that no-one is undroppable this year

I can see where you are coming from, but under the new regime I don't for a minute think this is the case. The players named have to step up to the mark a bit more. That is why I think Stuart Fielden would be a fantastic choice.

I think this is a fantastic idea.
It will give the more senior players in our squad a forum to inject their opinion without undermining Lockers authority. It will also give the nominated personnel a renewed sense of achievement and may even encourage them to lead by example by upping there game.

We all know that Lockers had his doubters with the captaincy role, this was IMO purely because he never threw a “double six” at the players when the chips where down. Now 5 members of the squad have been given official licence to do the “wall of death” if they are seeing something that they are not happy with.

Also there may be a problem with a team member that perhaps the coach should not, or need not be made aware of (I can think of multiple scenarios). It will allow the Leadership team to sit down and discuss the problem in an official fashion and possible nip the problem in the bud before it escalates.

This could backfire and cause confusion within the ranks, but if the 5 “leaders” operate in a sensible and controlled fashion within their own divisions of responsibility this could prove to be a masterstroke. Not to mention a closer bonding of the 5 because of shared responsibility.

From my own experience when the burden of command is delegated correctly it can have some very good results

Everyone criticising this new captaincy system needs to read that arcticle. I'm not saying it'll work at Wigan, but when you look at the culture the management team are trying to create, how the fook can people complain? This is exactly the sort of thing that has been missing at Wigan for years now. Reet, where's my Kleenex

Truly epic pot+kettle antics.

Back on topic. Time will tell if it's a good or bad idea, that's generally the case when you try anything new in any walk of life. If you want to improve then you should leave no stone unturned in ways to gain that improvement. I personally think it's a really good sign that we're prepared to try whatever it takes to improve the way the club and team operates both off and on the field. It may work, it may not, but I think it's good that we're at least prepared to try.

Would have been interesting to see people's reactions had Stains or the Dire come up with this idea. I bet some of the posts would have been very different.

That's not the point as you well know.

There's a despairingly familiar theme to this story and thread.

- You have the people who welcome it simply because the club have done it and anything other than happy clapping and positivity is heresy, and who still wouldn't criticise the club if we swapped Sam T for Dennis Moran.
- You have the people who slag it off simply because they don't like Lenagan/The kit/The fact Mickey Higham was house and shown the door, for whom the club can do no right, even if they got Inglis, Thurston and Watmough for the price of a Curly Wurly and a Double Decker on the salary cap.
- You have the depressing small number who support the club but look at each situation on their merits (or otherwise).

I'll put you in the happy clappy pile shall I?