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    Any player doing amazing things and fighting on the pitch can be inspiring to the team of course. But when it's your captain, it's extra inspiring.

    Being captain carries a significance like that, which phonics is trying to claim doesn't exists. It is for sure in the mind of players, but also the crowd seeing what the team captain is doing can help spur them on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mazuuurk View Post
    Any player doing amazing things and fighting on the pitch can be inspiring to the team of course. But when it's your captain, it's extra inspiring.
    Do you genuinely believe that? How much extra inspiration is it? 5%? 10%? Is this what causes players to perform at the mythical 110% I've heard so much about?

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    I’m sure it’s quantifiable in that way, isn’t it? Have a day off Phonics, your fanny has been bleeding for atleast 2 weeks now.

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    phonics have you not played team sports before? serious q not trying to be a dick.

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    Of course you can't "measure" it. What makes a player run a little more some games and a little less other games? Having had a proper nighs sleep, a motivating managerial speech, promise of a blowjob from the missus if you win, win bonuses, good crowd turnup...

    Of course having a strong and inspiring captain is one of the components on that list, that can make a player or a whole team up his perfomance a bit.
    Like I said, the duty of being captain most likely often stretches beyond the pitch, rallying the team before they go on etc, being more exposed to media as well... All those responsibilities will affect the rest of the team a little more because it's the captain, but so will their pitch performance and presence.

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    Rabiot has supposedly refused to be on standby for France

    http://www.sportbible.com/football/n...squad-20180523

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    How Francais of him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bruhnaldo View Post
    phonics have you not played team sports before? serious q not trying to be a dick.
    I don't think he's ever watched anything other than arsenal fan TV or Twitter.

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    I don't think that I have ever felt extra inspiration from a captain.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Panda Bear View Post
    I don't think that I have ever felt extra inspiration from a captain.
    You've clearly never even watched sport let alone participate in it then.

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    I'm on the team captained by phonics on this one. Truly inspirational figure.

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    captaincy can mean something to some players, and mean fuck all to others. it varies across footballing cultures and contexts generally. to say it never means anything ever is obvz bollocks but its importance is definitely over-stated by some. i definitely lean towards it not really mattering, and agree with the sentiment that the inspirational leadership stuff would come through regardless of whether they had the armband or not, but there obviously must have been a few galvanised by it.

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    though Maz certainly wouldn't have made captain of the READING COMPREHENSION squad based on this thread!!!

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    That's too far you prick.

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    Quote Originally Posted by igor_balis View Post
    though Maz certainly wouldn't have made captain of the READING COMPREHENSION squad based on this thread!!!
    He doesn't even live there for a start.

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    I like that.

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    ^^

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    Quote Originally Posted by phonics View Post
    You've clearly never even watched sport let alone participate in it then.
    What I mean is usually the captain has certain responsibilities during the entire gameweek, not just during the actual game.

    Dismissing their potential influence because you can't see or quantify it isn't exactly fair.

    A player could be inspired because the captain will always make sure everyone does their training reps to the fullest, and when said player is struggling to keep going because of fatigue, remembers the captain holding everyone accountable and uses that to fight on.

    Players, especially top players, always try to find any motivation they can to get those extra reps, run that extra mile, etc. etc.

    That's why I asked if you had played before, cause I feel like as apart of a team you always have those types of moments (albeit they can be positive or negative, say if the captain is slacking off for example).

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    Omg bruh agrees with me. I'll have to be extra mean to him from now on.

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    O Captain! My Captain!

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    Can we just ban the thread starter?


    Peru

    Goalkeepers: Gallese (Veracruz-MEX), Carlos Caceda (Veracruz-MEX) and Jose Carvallo (UTC).

    Defenders: Aldo Corzo (Universitario), Luis Advincula (Lobos BUAP-Mexico), Miguel Araujo (Alianza Lima), Alberto Rodriguez (Junior-Colombia), Christian Ramos (Veracruz-Mexico), Anderson Santamaria (Puebla-Mexico), Luis Abram (Velez Sarsfield-Argentina) and Miguel Trauco (Flamengo-Brazil).

    Midfielders: Renato Tapia (Feyenoord), Pedro Aquino (Lobos BUAP), Yoshimar Yotun (Orlando City), Sergio Pena (Granadan), Edison Flores (Aalborgk), Paolo Hurtado (Vitoria de Guimaraes), Wilder Cartagena (Veracruz), Nilson Loyola (Melgar), Christian Cueva (Sao Paulo), Andre Carrillo (Watford).

    Forwards: Jefferson Farfan (Lokomotiv), Andy Polo (Portland Timbers), Raul Ruidiaz (Morelia).






    Sweden

    Goalkeepers: Robin Olsen (Copenhagen), Karl-Johan Johnsson (Guingamp), Kristoffer Nordfeldt (Swansea).

    Defenders: Mikael Lustig (Celtic), Victor Lindelof (Manchester United), Andreas Granqvist (Krasnador), Martin Olsson (Swansea), Ludwig Augustinsson (Werder Bremen), Filip Helander, Emil Krafth (both Bologna), Pontus Jansson (Leeds United).

    Midfielders: Sebastian Larsson (Hull), Albin Ekdal (Hamburg), Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), Gustav Svensson (Seattle Sounders), Oscar Hiljemark (Genoa), Viktor Claesson (Krasnador), Marcus Rohden (Crotone), Jimmy Durmaz (Toulouse).

    Forwards: Marcus Berg (Al Ain), John Guidetti (Alaves), Ola Toivonen (Toulouse), Isaac Kiese Thelin (Waasland-Beveren).

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    You're doing such a good job, I thought I'd entrust you with the responsibility of posting updates.

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    Our team is so shit.

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    I thought Marcus Berg would be about 40 years old since he's been around forever and is playing in the Gulf but, no, only 31.

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    I'm a twit

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    Does it match the mattresses?

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    Januzaj? Blimey! What's he up to these days?

    Also Chadli. I don't think I've heard anything of him for ages. Has he even played for West Brom this year?

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    We will do over Peru.

    Socceroos Russia 2018 squad
    Goalkeepers: Brad Jones, Mat Ryan, Danny Vukovic

    Defenders: Aziz Behich, Milos Degenek, Matt Jurman, Mark Milligan, James Meredith, Josh Risdon, Trent Sainsbury

    Midfielders: Jackson Irvine, Mile Jedinak, Massimo Luongo, Aaron Mooy, Tom Rogic

    Forwards: Daniel Arzani, Tim Cahill, Tomi Juric, Robbie Kruse, Mat Leckie, Jamie Maclaren, Andrew Nabbout, Dimitri Petratos

    Axed: Josh Brillante, Fran Karacic, James Troisi, Nikita Rukavytsya

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    How has Januzaj got into that squad?

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    Australia will do over nobody.

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    France will be lucky as well.

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    Jackson Irvine player of the tournament.

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    Tim Cahill still going strong.

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    Hopefully our new Dutch bloke makes us more entertaining.

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    Sane hasn't made the Germany squad...

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    Quote Originally Posted by phonics View Post
    Sane hasn't made the Germany squad...
    Julian Brandt has been chosen instead. Ive seen several levurkson games this year and in no way have i thought, he is comparable to sane and should go instead. Brandt should take it upon himself and refuse to go so they take Sane instead.

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    That's an inSane decision.

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    That's pretty Löw.

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    I've just seen he's got cornrows in these days. Deservedly dropped.

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    Racist.

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    He's barely played under Low.

    He wouldn't have started but to not take him as an IMPACT SUB is mental.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Arne View Post
    Racist.
    Look at the state of these:


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    Looks like Loic Remy.

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    Sounds like he’s been no good for the national team and hasn’t done what Löw has asked him to when he has played. Seem pretty sensible. Not like they’re short on talent.

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    Germany

    Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona), Kevin Trapp (Paris St-Germain)

    Defenders: Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich), Matthias Ginter (Borussia Monchengladbach), Jonas Hector (Cologne), Mats Hummels (Bayern Munich), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Marvin Plattenhardt (Hertha Berlin), Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea), Niklas Sule (Bayern Munich)

    Midfielders: Julian Brandt (Bayer Leverkusen), Julian Draxler (Paris St-Germain), Leon Goretska (Schalke), Ilkay Gundogan (Manchester City), Sami Khedira (Juventus), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Mesut Ozil (Arsenal), Sebastian Rudy (Bayern Munich)

    Strikers: Mario Gomez (Stuttgart), Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich), Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), Timo Werner (RB Leipzig)

    He is a super goalkeeper but Neuer walking back in after nine months in surgery is don. Hopefully Stegen and Neuer have a Kahn and Lehmann relationship

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    It's so weird that Germany after all these years still haven't produced a properly world class striker.

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    Thomas 'The Mule' Muller would disagree with you I wouldnt class him as a proper world class striker. He is more of a space invader

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    Yeah I mean they have some good ones for sure, but both Reus and Muller aren't proper "number 9" strikers really, and this Werner seems a bit like a one-trick pony.

    I mean Muller is great at scoring important goals in tournaments, like Klose was, but he's not the same level as people like Aguero, Neymar, Greaseman, etc.

    I mean the fact that Mario Gomez still manages to make the squad year in and year out alone.

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    Wash your fucking mouth out you ignorant shit.

    Mario Gomez is a God.

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    If Gomez starts for Germany I'm putting something on him getting the Golden Boot. I've done the same for the last 12 tournaments or so, has to come good eventually.

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