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stormmaster1
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A few random thoughts from the middle of a night shift:
1. Alun Wyn-jones has been touted as haveingall the neccessary abilities for a great captain, but only has one test match at captain. I suspect O'Connells experience would edge him ahead in the running but remember johnson wasn't even Tigers' captain when he led the Lions.
2. Ryan Jones. A good player, a good leader, but not shown to be a great leader when the going gets tough. Makes some daft calls to not take points. Not a guaranteed test starter, but could start if he has a good tour. not going to be captain.
3. BOD. Great player. Best centre in the NH by a huge distance when on form and still edges most others when not on form. To me he seems to inspire by his own brilliance. When the going get really tough, he sometimes seems to have to provide the edge himself (which is good when it works) but if he's not making the winning plays, he doesn't always seem to be able to galvnise the rest of the team into gaining that extra edge elsewhere.
4. POC will be the centre of the pack, and will be up against the Springbok's stongest assets. If he goes toe to toe with them here then a big battle is already won. I think he will be able to gel the pack and team well around him.
I would go for POC. I don't think BOD will bring anything to the captaincy that POC won't, aside from his own brilliance as a centre. He will bring this as a player anyway. He will inspire anyway (similar to Keith Wood for the Lions).
As to who will actually get the nod, it's down to Geech, Edwards and Gatland. Geech like a hard nosed forward which may give POC the nod, but i suspect alot will be down to the coaches own impressions of the candidates, their peronalities and how they come across in person, especially in training. So all the stuff i don't know alot about.
1. Alun Wyn-jones has been touted as haveingall the neccessary abilities for a great captain, but only has one test match at captain. I suspect O'Connells experience would edge him ahead in the running but remember johnson wasn't even Tigers' captain when he led the Lions.
2. Ryan Jones. A good player, a good leader, but not shown to be a great leader when the going gets tough. Makes some daft calls to not take points. Not a guaranteed test starter, but could start if he has a good tour. not going to be captain.
3. BOD. Great player. Best centre in the NH by a huge distance when on form and still edges most others when not on form. To me he seems to inspire by his own brilliance. When the going get really tough, he sometimes seems to have to provide the edge himself (which is good when it works) but if he's not making the winning plays, he doesn't always seem to be able to galvnise the rest of the team into gaining that extra edge elsewhere.
4. POC will be the centre of the pack, and will be up against the Springbok's stongest assets. If he goes toe to toe with them here then a big battle is already won. I think he will be able to gel the pack and team well around him.
I would go for POC. I don't think BOD will bring anything to the captaincy that POC won't, aside from his own brilliance as a centre. He will bring this as a player anyway. He will inspire anyway (similar to Keith Wood for the Lions).
As to who will actually get the nod, it's down to Geech, Edwards and Gatland. Geech like a hard nosed forward which may give POC the nod, but i suspect alot will be down to the coaches own impressions of the candidates, their peronalities and how they come across in person, especially in training. So all the stuff i don't know alot about.
