Who Should Be Villa Captain?

Mellberg is not vocal enough to be captain, out of the current crop of players that will be regulars in the team i suppose it should be Barry but who knows who MON is going to sign before the deadline, maybe he has a player in mind who he wants to bring in as captain....?

Off topic but any chance of getting rid of that hiddeous pic of O Leary on the banner, could also replace Herbert with a much more eye appealing picture in preparation for the new owners!!

Or should that be, why boot the rock? lol

Totally agree. Apart from leading the team out and calling heads or tails the captaincy isnt worth the armband its written on.

Stevie Davis 4 captain.He will score 10+ goalsfor us this season and has already captained N.I.Oh and MON if u read this please leave Lennon up in scotland.To old now for the prem lets face it he can only go sideways or back to his own keeper.

Aaron Hughes is an experienced captain at International level as is melly, the difference being Hughes will be fighting for his place this season, and I do not expect that to be the case for mellberg

DeanoVilla, if the Villa are about to spend £6 million I think that a new right back is well down the list of priorities. We have good (but not world class) players in Hughes and Delaney. Why would we want at 27 year old mercenary like Chimponda? As for the club captain, those who think the role is just about *****ing the coin before the game are so wrong it unbelievable. The club captain is a mark of recognition and respect, it is somebody to who the other players look up too, not only on the pitch but in all aspects of their career. Agreed we want 11 leaders on the pitch, but there must always be one that the manager uses as his mouth piece the one that drags every body up when the going gets tough ie. Keane, Gerrard, Viera, Terry, Mortimer. Just importantly nowadays is the abilty to be media friendly. Somebody who can be the 'face' of Aston Villa wherever we play. The way it works nowadays is that the manager needs a leader who can manipulate the press and get messages out that would be impossible for the manager to say. In the same way that Roy Keane carried enough clout to say the atmosphere at Old Trafford was crap. Ferguson couldn't say that but he knew that if his captain said it the fans would listen. Gareth Barry was voted the players player of the year last year so he has the respect of his peers. He has been with us for eight years and understands the club and the fans exactly. He is media friendly and has the total support of the fans. Plus apparently he is good at coin *****ing. Lets have Gareth as club captain and lets get Olly concentrating on his game and have him back as the player he was a couple of seasons ago. Non season ticket holders need not reply. Support the club or keep your opinions to yourself.

Thekentvillan - You misunderstand the point. I didn't say that Olly was playing worse because he was captain. He has just underperformed full stop. You are also completely incorrect about Barry going clubbing. He is now settled with a couple of kids and is not doing the club circuit in the way that many players do. However as a 25 year old bloke are you saying he shouldn't be seen in clubs at all? But on this basis I presume that you wouldn't like someone such as say, Steve Gerrard (the scouse club king)and his missus (biggest wag of them all) any where near Villa Park. So not only are you factually incorrect you are also very hypocritical.