Newcastle Stuck In Captain Limbo
Michael “I love England” Owen has came out and revelled that he would love to become the Newcastle United captain, after the previous captain Scott Parker left for the capital in a £7m move to West Ham. (Shame he couldn’t tell us he was going to be staying at Newcastle 4 weeks ago but he sure found the camera to tell us what he wanted.)
According to reports the England lover has stiff competition from a man who has yet to register a competitive game with Newcastle Joey Barton. Despite Barton’s tendency to become absolutely mental he would still be my candidate before Owen. On the other hand I do not think either of these men fully deserves to wear the arm band.
Early reports however have indicated that Steven Taylor is not in the running to claim the captains armband. The London born adopted Geordie moved to Newcastle during the early years of his life where he has and will become a vital part in the transformation at SJP.
Taylor’s character was tested during the U21 European Championships this summer, where he played part of the semi final against Holland with a serious injury that has kept him out of training and will continue to do so for a couple more weeks. His desire to carry on, his will to win and his commitment to playing football for BOTH Newcastle and England is something some Newcastle players could learn from.
Taylor will only get stronger with every season he has under his belt and the interest that has been shown in him in previous years from Chelsea and Liverpool shows how much potential this kid has. To be captain of the team he supports will surely bring out the best in him if he were picked this season, though he still has much work to do to be ranked alongside the likes of Terry, Carragher and Ferdinand he has the character and the ability to knock on the door of Steve McClown for an England call up.
According to reports the England lover has stiff competition from a man who has yet to register a competitive game with Newcastle Joey Barton. Despite Barton’s tendency to become absolutely mental he would still be my candidate before Owen. On the other hand I do not think either of these men fully deserves to wear the arm band.
Early reports however have indicated that Steven Taylor is not in the running to claim the captains armband. The London born adopted Geordie moved to Newcastle during the early years of his life where he has and will become a vital part in the transformation at SJP.
Taylor’s character was tested during the U21 European Championships this summer, where he played part of the semi final against Holland with a serious injury that has kept him out of training and will continue to do so for a couple more weeks. His desire to carry on, his will to win and his commitment to playing football for BOTH Newcastle and England is something some Newcastle players could learn from.
Taylor will only get stronger with every season he has under his belt and the interest that has been shown in him in previous years from Chelsea and Liverpool shows how much potential this kid has. To be captain of the team he supports will surely bring out the best in him if he were picked this season, though he still has much work to do to be ranked alongside the likes of Terry, Carragher and Ferdinand he has the character and the ability to knock on the door of Steve McClown for an England call up.
