i think too much is made of the role of captain, we have several natural leaders in the team and i`m sure they will all play their part on the pitch, the only extra part for the captain to do on the pitch is talking to the ref and passing the refs warnings onto the players, i fully expect Fitzgibbon to lead the forwards and Long to lead the backs.

Care to tell me what a captain does on the field?

Prob realised the main role is to toss a coin and you dont get many people who are as much of a to$$er as Long is

but will Fitz be an 80 minute man ?

If you need telling then you know little about TGG.

Agar has already referred to Long as being like an on-field coach, so why wouldn't he make a good captain. We will still have the likes of Cusack, Berrigan, O'Meley and Fitz on the pitch to lead the forwards and to give their opinions.
Oh I nearly forgot ..... and Radford

Decent enough choice, IMO. Fitzgibbon would have been more than okay as well, but maybe the fact that Long should be on the pitch more and will still definately be around for 2011 swayed it is way.

I get a feeling that despite both been massively successful, you lot have warmed quicker to Fitzgibbon than Long - I think that'll change when you get get to see him playing in a Hull shirt, much as it did for Calderwood.

It's not 2pm

2-00PM! (Over to you Hutchie)

Neither was radders.

Either him or Fitz are obvious choices I would just have preferred Fitz.

Moaning?

People are allowed to express positive and negative opinions!

Long like Fitz was an obvious choice and I expected Long to get the VC role. We have already been told that Long is organising the attack and will be controlling our kicking game, how much do we want him to do?

Indeed, having Fitz as captain would be sensible, Long is a great player but also has (by his own admission) behaved poorly off the field.

thats the point i was making

Behaved being the key, however he has clearly grown up and settled down now, this is a good opportunity for him to develop his skills further, I am sure he would love to lift some silverware as a captain and this will add further motivation for him, I am actually a fan of a half/back to be a captain as they are in an ideal place to lead the team.
Good luck to the kid.