Future Chelsea Captain

[Term-X 7,891]

Matic is still a leader on the pitch, he doesn't really need to be the most vocal.

That's the type of thing Arsenal fans were saying about Arteta though..

There is a reason most 'successful' captains have similar traits, Matic doesn't fit that mold currently.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

matic

[LukakutoStamford 779]

Tibo

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

Just curious, how abt Azpi? In his peak (best defender in EPL imo), passionate, hard worker and great personality.

[ZOS 580]

just changed mine to Matic

[Nike 373]

Matic or Cesc.

No one else on chelsea is currently captain material.

Unless, you want to do the sponsors bs like Neymar, Cristiano and Messi.

[Liquidator 5,176]

I'm sticking by my vote from a few months ago

[BlueLyon 9,359]

Longterm hopefuly english player. Nothing gets better to see english youth player to be captain of our club. Terry spoiled us, but I hope if we cant have many english players around, at least have english captain.

That said, atm I dont see any english player having captain characteristics and football skill to get that role here. Maybe Cahill, but we will see.

Baker, Stones, RLC, but those are all realy long shots.

[ZanSnake 1,211]

Longterm hopefuly english player. Nothing gets better to see english youth player to be captain of our club. Terry spoiled us, but I hope if we cant have many english players around, at least have english captain.

That said, atm I dont see any english player having captain characteristics and football skill to get that role here. Maybe Cahill, but we will see.

Baker, Stones, RLC, but those are all realy long shots.

Agree with this point.

Imo, if we do include the 'foreign' players into account against the potential or eventual English players (two of which i thought would have been Jones and Shaw), I have always envisioned that we would be the club to select a natural English leader as we did with Terry, excusing the 'other' factors that led astray, maybe Chalobah/Baker, etc. but whoever needs to have been at the first squad role AT LEAST two years.

Maybe an 'other' can take the role before an English leader can.

Hopefully you know what i meant rather then sounding as a giant dick.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Chelsea have had many impressive results in their unbeaten start to the Premier League season but perhaps the best so far were their two away victories on Merseyside at both Everton and Liverpool. They have something in common too. Nemanja Matic delivered the team talks.

Meeting up with him in Fulham at the promotional launch of new racing game The Crew, the suggestion that he might have got a taste for the experience gets short shrift. “No! I don’t like to talk but every game some player has to say something before the game. I hope that I have finished for this season with the speeches.”

So what did he say? “I just told them that we have to win this game because it’s very important, Liverpool are a good team and when you win games like this it gives you more confidence for the rest of the season. But with Chelsea you can say what you want, the players know what they have to do.”

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11662/9589267/nemanja-matic-interview-chelsea-midfielder-discusses-jose-mourinho-cesc-fabregas-and-his-own-role-in-the-team

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http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11662/9589267/nemanja-matic-interview-chelsea-midfielder-discusses-jose-mourinho-cesc-fabregas-and-his-own-role-in-the-team

It's a rotation. Everyone that can speak English gets a turn to do the team talk, even the staff. Didn't the physio do it before the match at the Ettihad last season?

[Jase 43,479]

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11662/9589267/nemanja-matic-interview-chelsea-midfielder-discusses-jose-mourinho-cesc-fabregas-and-his-own-role-in-the-team

Read somewhere before that Mourinho sometimes lets another person, be it a staff member or player, to do the team talk before a match. Nothing biggy about it really.

It's a rotation. Everyone that can speak English gets a turn to do the team talk, even the staff. Didn't the physio do it before the match at the Ettihad last season?

Billy McCulloch - the masseur - gave the team talk before that game.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Read somewhere before that Mourinho sometimes lets another person, be it a staff member or player, to do the team talk before a match. Nothing biggy about it really.

Billy McCulloch - the masseur - gave the team talk before that game.

He actually has a list that goes around everyone. Coincidentally he talked about it today in the PC. I was surprised to hear that even the players that don't speak English get a turn!

And yeah, it was the masseur and Jose joked that he didn't understand a word because of his Scottish accent.

[Myself 793]

That's the type of thing Arsenal fans were saying about Arteta though..

There is a reason most 'successful' captains have similar traits, Matic doesn't fit that mold currently.

eh? Arteta is a good leader.

[Atlas Lion 1,223]

eh? Arteta is a good leader.

Not really.

His character shows a lot. He lacks grit which ultimately sets him apart from the rest of successful captains. Not to mention he carry's an emotionless aurora around him.

[MichaelDance 552]

Cesc is who I think will be the next captain.

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

Matic or Cahill for me, maybe Dave or Fabregas if they show over the next 2-3 years they are ready for it. Hazard is an outside bet too, but unlikely.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Aside from JT, the natural leader on the pitch in the team now is Cesc. Irrelevant who you decide to hand the arm band to.