Ross explains why he made Leadbitter captain.

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Not doubting Grant's love of the club but my initial reaction was does that mean he will be starting games. After pre season I didn't want to see him paired with McGeouch again and after McGeouch's performance on Saturday I'd argue he's first choice for that position now. Jack however reckons Grant will "play a lot of games for us"

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Jack Ross explains key Sunderland call

Sunderland manager Jack Ross has revealed why he has selected Grant Leadbitter to be the club’s captain for the 2019/20 League One campaign. The role was left up for grabs following George Honeyman’s departure from the Stadium of Light earlier this summer and a number of players were being...
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I'd argue (along with a fair few others on here) that McGeouch was one of it not the best player we had on Saturday and him and Dobson are first choice CM for now.

Leadbitter can be club captain, but on the pitch should be someone else. There are too many CMs and he doesn't stand out enough to warrant being first choice among them.
 
johnnyat87 said:
I'd argue (along with a fair few others on here) that McGeouch was one of it not the best player we had on Saturday and him and Dobson are first choice CM for now.

Leadbitter can be club captain, but on the pitch should be someone else. There are too many CMs and he doesn't stand out enough to warrant being first choice among them.
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I'd agree but Ross says he'll play plenty of games. I just hope it's not in tandem with McGeouch.
 
Kevsgreat said:
Are we going to play the same 11 players all season like? 50+ games? We've got a strong squad of players, they'll all play.
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There's a difference between having a squad and making a squad player captain....unless he's not seen as a squad player, which suggests the Leadbitter/McGeouch axis hasn't been put to bed yet.
The Breen Machine said:
He shouldn't be a regular starter, he's too slow and offers too little. The fact we gave him a 2 and a half year deal was poor business, he's barely adequate now.
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You'd think the Loovens contract would have prompted someone to think twice there.
 
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Potentially putting himself in the exact same position as last year where he is playing his captain over other players who would be better suited / more deserving.

Seems a bit crazy that he's came out and sort of doubled down on it all as well.
 
He's a good club captain. Not a great team captain. We've done that in the past with players like Bally being club captain when he was not likely to start
 
howie_07 said:
Potentially putting himself in the exact same position as last year where he is playing his captain over other players who would be better suited / more deserving.

Seems a bit crazy that he's came out and sort of doubled down on it all as well.
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Was just thinking the same - it's like he wants to keep making contrary decisions. Still, time will tell and I've got nowt against Grant - he's just got no pace
 
Ross should be giving McGeouch and Dobson time to form a partnership in CM, if he changes it at the weekend just to shoehorn Leadbitter in then What little patience I have for Ross will be wearing very thin.
 

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