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Once that decision is made.. there’s no going back. Concerning decision at the time, as Silva could have just been given it and there would have been another season to ‘think it over’. If Reece was displaced, it will chip at him and cause problems and the most hilarious thing is the so called vice captain will always have an asterisk over his name. 

 
A very poor moment in James Chelsea career today. We expect, and the club deserves better, than his actions today. 

I’m sure he’ll learn quickly and be better for it, but was hard to watch. Injuries aside, probably the worst moment of his Chelsea career for me. Not good enough. 

 
Reece should pay the ticket and travel expenses of each traveling fan, for getting himself sent off and the terrible example he set as captain.

Failing that the club should fine him 2 weeks of wages and use it to pay those fans expenses and ticket cost back.

 
Term_X said:
Once that decision is made.. there’s no going back. Concerning decision at the time, as Silva could have just been given it and there would have been another season to ‘think it over’. If Reece was displaced, it will chip at him and cause problems and the most hilarious thing is the so called vice captain will always have an asterisk over his name. 
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Agreed. That is the issue. If you take the captaincy away from him, I doubt he will react well. In that case I couldsee him being lured away by Real Madrid in the summer. Although that might happen either wau at this rate, especially if we need to make some $$ for FFP.

 
forbzy said:
Agreed. That is the issue. If you take the captaincy away from him, I doubt he will react well. In that case I couldsee him being lured away by Real Madrid in the summer. Although that might happen either wau at this rate, especially if we need to make some $$ for FFP.
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Agreed. I think he is definitely in their FFP sights.

 
Frankie8Lampard said:
Don't disagree, only reason I didn't name him is because I doubt he'll be at Chelsea beyond his current contract so it will mean we have to name another captain in a few years time so it would probably be better to start weaning one of our younger players into the role.
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Worrying about who'll be captain in a few years really should take a backseat to worrying about the leadership qualities of today's captain.

It's late November, and so far, James has missed 9 out of 16 matches (league and cup); out of the 7 matches he played 2 were wins, 3 draws, 2 losses. His return after being injured again wasn't influential (enough) to set off a team fighting spirit to build on. On top of this his disciplinary record is questionable. At present, he shouldn't be captain, maybe first or second vice captain. Reece as captain being an academy product is all very romantic and sentimental, but he has brought little to justify the armband.

"Weaning" a younger player as captain is arguably being done with Gallagher. First choice for captain is not a position you still want to be doing any weaning for. You want a disciplined, clear leader, who can be expected to be fit for the best part of the season. At present, the only candidates I see are Silva and Sterling.

 
Valerie said:
Worrying about who'll be captain in a few years really should take a backseat to worrying about the leadership qualities of today's captain.

It's late November, and so far, James has missed 9 out of 16 matches (league and cup); out of the 7 matches he played 2 were wins, 3 draws, 2 losses. His return after being injured again wasn't influential (enough) to set off a team fighting spirit to build on. On top of this his disciplinary record is questionable. At present, he shouldn't be captain, maybe first or second vice captain. Reece as captain being an academy product is all very romantic and sentimental, but he has brought little to justify the armband.

"Weaning" a younger player as captain is arguably being done with Gallagher. First choice for captain is not a position you still want to be doing any weaning for. You want a disciplined, clear leader, who can be expected to be fit for the best part of the season. At present, the only candidates I see are Silva and Sterling.
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Agree on all points.

 
First thing came to my mind is how he's our leader with these actions...

Very stupid and unprofessional red card, even when you're not a captain, you're not supposed to do this. 

Maybe it's something that he needs for his experience of becoming a real captain of this team. 

 
If Pochettino is serious about installing discipline, and showing what happened yesterday is not acceptable, he needs to strip Reece of Captancy 

 
axman2526 said:
If Pochettino is serious about installing discipline, and showing what happened yesterday is not acceptable, he needs to strip Reece of Captancy 
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Getting annoyed of the social media apologies myself. How about you lot actually stop talking the talk and walk the walk? String 3-4 good performances back to back. Let's start there. 

That being said, stripping him of the captaincy is the wrong move. 

 
Sconnie Blue said:
Getting annoyed of the social media apologies myself. How about you lot actually stop talking the talk and walk the walk? String 3-4 good performances back to back. Let's start there. 

That being said, stripping him of the captaincy is the wrong move. 
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I agree on the social media, though I found Silvas heartfelt not a puff piece none apology likes Reeces.

I disagree on the captaincy. Letting him keep it after that sends the message to the rest what he did was OK and leadership worthy.

 
axman2526 said:
I agree on the social media, though I found Silvas heartfelt not a puff piece none apology likes Reeces.

I disagree on the captaincy. Letting him keep it after that sends the message to the rest what he did was OK and leadership worthy.
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Bench him then. Gusto deserves a run after James' shenanigans. 

 
axman2526 said:
I agree on the social media, though I found Silvas heartfelt not a puff piece none apology likes Reeces.

I disagree on the captaincy. Letting him keep it after that sends the message to the rest what he did was OK and leadership worthy.
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I'm not saying he's on their level at this point but would you have stripped it off Terry after Barcelona or Cahill after Burnley?

 
Argo said:
I'm not saying he's on their level at this point but would you have stripped it off Terry after Barcelona or Cahill after Burnley?
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No JT had a lot of credit in the bank, and that was a moment of blood rage not having time to think "I know what would be a good idea, getting myself sent off just after I came back from injury in a game we have lost already".

The Cahill one i don't remember.

 
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Let the lad be.. we need a captain who has passion.. the calmer mature version is needed for title winning., this squad struggles to win a single match.. I like his needle and that he has passion and arrogance. 

 
Needs to be dropped for Gusto. I feel like he's going backwards currently in regards to form & consistency.

Not a captain in my eyes currently, hopefully he proves me wrong.

 
He gets way too little of criticism. I really question his captaincy. Is he the right kind of person for it? He has such a short fuse. Getting a red when frustrated is something captains should never do. He basically let the team down.

 
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