Time to hand it back to Lynch as Houghton is no way a captain,Horne and Galea both gave the team bolloxings.Houghton never asks the ref why....just goes to the defensive line and his play at the moment doesnt warrant the captaincy.

Completely agree he was one of the worst players out there tonight, the number of good performers you can count on one hand!

I'd send Lynch back to Cas. Taking the captaincy off him when he had led so well last year was a great way to demotivate him, and it is showing in his performances.

It's be noticeable how ordinary Lynch has been since the captaincy has been taken off him, looks a shadow of the player he was last season. He will deny it and so will the club, but it was a slap in the face really. Another poor decision by Gentle?

I never understood why we took it off lynch yeah Ellis is a class player but lynch led from the front last year an just doesn't look the same now!

Wish you would all quit giving Gentle a hard time. He's almost making Sandercock out to be just less then average which is just above last weeks dismal.

Maybe Lynch doesn't want it back?

he always gives 100 per cent, maybe the years catching up with him, or more likely just going through a bad patch,

Mistake IMO. Shouldn't have taken it off Lynch. Houghton has been no better than average this season.

Although in fairness if Ellis was playing this probably wouldn't even be a topic for discussion.

True but I wouldn't have taken it off Lynch in any case.

many wanted ellis as captain on here, if it wasn't broken why fix it! should have stayed with lynch and ellis vice captain at the most

I didn't see any need to change, but it's difficult to come to a firm judgement without knowing the reasons why.

The change of captaincy was purely a commercial one. Ellis has a much higher profile than Lynch and the club probably thought they wouldn't be losing out on the field, which is fair enough.
Lynch isn't as vocal this year as he was last season, which is a worry. He can have a bad patch, that's fair enough, I just hope he hasn't taken his bat and ball home in the leadership aspect. We need him.

Your spot on about Ellis and the captaincy. What we don't know is how Lynch feels about it all. He has been quiet this season and I just hope that's form and not him being at odds with club.