Well, what has he done to justify giving it to him in the first place? And if he would react poorly to it being taken from him, it reflects badly on him. Whenever Bruno is a worthy candidate is another question, but he has a good track record of being a leader.
The case for Bruno to be club captain
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He was the best of an admittedly underwhelming bunch but it's his now and he's been playing well for a couple of months. He's composed, leads by example and, touch-wood, is an ever-present. Changing tack now would only ever look like a demotion, with no real justification. Which is all by-the-by as the main crux of this thread is that a guy who's played a couple of hundred minutes of football is somehow seen as being worthy of the captaincy. Whatever your opinions on Maguire, it's a stupidly premature conversation to be having.
As I’ve said, while I don’t argue for Bruno’s captaincy, it’s a bit absurd to ridicule an idea of him becoming a captain (not now, but in the summer), with the main argument being that he had just came to the club... when our current captain had also been in the club for 5 minutes.
So what you're saying is that Maguire being made club captain was premature, therefore the notion of the same happening with Bruno is equally premature? Well I'm glad we finally agree
Maguire doesn't strike me as being particularly inspirational and he's not a defensive rock who leads by example. He doesn't seem an ideal candidate at all.
But saying that, there really aren't any other outstanding candidates at the club and taking it off him now would do more harm than good.
Talking about premature ejaculation
If McTominay progresses well over these next couple of seasons then there is no better fit than him for club captain.
Been here 5 minutes and hasn't even started better than how Pogba did when he first arrived, chill out people
I like this idea much. Their armbands would have C for Maguire, and "C" for Bruno.
Christ people really can't just wait to see how things play out can they.
No slaphead leads the team out and that's how it should remain.
He does look the most captain material we've had in years. Let's let him settle in for a while first though.
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it
Exactly! I see no convincing arguments here, only mockery and everyone jumping aboard the bandwagon. All I was saying was that I've witnessed (albeit from the very limited evidence so far) that Bruno has good leadership qualities.
I think he'll be United captain in the very near future, you heard it here first.
Now we just need to let this thread die.
There’s no way Maguire will be stripped of the club captaincy
It’s an interesting topic though
United need to get back to the time when we had 8 or 9 captains in the starting 11
There was a time when it could be VDS, Nev, Rio, Vida, Evra, Giggs, Rooney, Ronaldo, Carrick, Scholes.
You're being irrational.
Could’ve made the same case for Di Maria after his first month at the club.....
Too soon, but after 6 months to a year I dont see why he wouldnt be a good option
Who honestly cares who the captain is?
Fred has been just as good if not better than Bruno in those games but not many are clamouring for him to be our captain despite him been our leader on the pitch performance wise.
Maguire is a good fit anyways. A captain in defence is a solid choice since he can see all the pitch all the time.
Fred has been just as good if not better than Bruno in those games but not many are clamouring for him to be our captain despite him been our leader on the pitch performance wise.
Maguire is a good fit anyways. A captain in defence is a solid choice since he can see all the pitch all the time.
Honestly feel like Maguire should sort his defending before thinking about being a captain. No issue with giving it to Bruno as he's shown more quality in 10 minutes than Maguire in his whole career.
The only thing against giving it to Bruno is that he could be a little too hot tempered, as evidenced by that kick. You'd hate to put someone who might easily be frustrated into a posituon where they're obliged to interact with the ref.
So while I agree Bruno has shown more leadership qualities than Maguire, Harry's cool, slabby head maybe just edges it in his facour. As you know he's probably never going to get booked for going off on one at the officials.
So while I agree Bruno has shown more leadership qualities than Maguire, Harry's cool, slabby head maybe just edges it in his facour. As you know he's probably never going to get booked for going off on one at the officials.
Give him the armband.
He's a feisty SOB, isn't he. Bruno is as mentally strong as they come.
Cheers.
This is the kind of culture/environment with characters, common (now rare) in the Keane then later Scholes-Giggs days.
= Setting high standard and keeping each others on their toes.
Now we need other players to scold Bruno whenever he make mistakes. I'm sure Bruno won't mind that, in fact he'll welcome it, based from his interview.
I never accepted Harry as captain. And it doesn't have anything about his plqying qualities or something else. He is just not a captain material. Doesn't have that aura around him, personality. Same feeling i had with Gary Neville.
But Bruno is the man.
But Bruno is the man.
Bruno will be the captain against PSG. Ole confirmed it.
Cheers Ole. You work fast.
He absolutely deserves it. The sooner he gets it, the better. Hopefully next season.
I think it's odd Maguire instantly became a United captain from day 1. I reckon he was like 3rd choice captain at Leicester, no?
Deserves it. Always wary about giving someone captaincy too quickly, but he's our catalyst in every way.
Whether he gets the armband permanently or not, players are going to be afraid of messing up in fear of a bollocking from him. That's a good thing. Too many in this team are a bit soft.
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How the feck did Ole decide to give the armband to Maguire is still beyond me.
The face of a man who has lost faith in Ole
Young was captain as far as I'm aware. Maguire became captain in January.
He was the natural choice but it was too soon to give it to him last season.
In the beginning of video, Pallister basically answered your question. There is no one were the best candidate when Young left and beside Maguire was the captain in some of our winning results in 2019 before he was appointed permanently so Ole did experiment this too.
Ddg was captain one game (while Young was still here) and then he said something after the game and he lost it.
Good news, this. Not only because Fernandes is most suitable, it also lessens Maguire’s ‘status’. Should things continue the way they are in terms of his form, there’s less of a media uproar or politics preventing him from being taken out of the side.
Will Maguire get it back when he returns from injury? If we play well against PSG and Bruno shows his leadership qualities wearing the armband, I can't imagine giving it back to Maguire. It will be interesting to see how Ole moves forward here.
Haha of course he will.
He has shown quite comprehensively that his attitude is world class. I don't think this will affect him even a tiny bit. It may boost other players around him though.
This is only a vice captaincy. But it's good to know things are getting more settled - not a free for all in terms of penalty kicks, and not a heavy rotation on the captaincy.