norwaysaint Posted 16 April, 2020 Share Posted 16 April, 2020 Not necessarily the best players, but which players were able to make the biggest difference to the whole team when they were captain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwaysaint Posted 16 April, 2020 Author Share Posted 16 April, 2020 Wondering if we've had many who were great, inspirational leaders for us, like players like Keane, Terry and Gerrard were for their clubs. We've had a lot of understated captains, like Fonte, Lundekvam and Dodd. I always thought Hammond brought a calm stability to the role when he joined us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefoggy Posted 16 April, 2020 Share Posted 16 April, 2020 I always thought Franny thrived with the captains armband, went up several gears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 16 April, 2020 Share Posted 16 April, 2020 Alan Ball was out on his own as Saints captain in my lifetime. Jimmy Case was the closest thing to him. Terry Paine was captain when I first started following Saints but I don't think he comes close to Alan Ball in being able to change the direction of play on the pitch and motivate those around him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 16 April, 2020 Share Posted 16 April, 2020 Top 5 1 Alan Ball 2 Alan Ball 3 Alan Ball 4 Alan Ball 5 Alan Ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronCitySaint Posted 16 April, 2020 Share Posted 16 April, 2020 During my time watching Saints, Jimmy Case was the best captain. Led by example and all the younger players in that team looked up to him. Imagine he would not put up with a lot of the pansies in the modern Premier League lineup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltonaggro Posted 16 April, 2020 Share Posted 16 April, 2020 Alan Ball, then because of Alan Ball’s brilliance his pupil Stevie Williams, then Jimmy Case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooney Posted 17 April, 2020 Share Posted 17 April, 2020 Tony Knapp was not bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Saints Posted 17 April, 2020 Share Posted 17 April, 2020 Chris Marsden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonToo Posted 17 April, 2020 Share Posted 17 April, 2020 Alan Ball every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted 17 April, 2020 Share Posted 17 April, 2020 Kelvin Davis has to be up there. Given the Team Captaincy when Liebherr took over in League One, turning down a move to West Ham in the Premier League in the process. First season we won at Wembley in the JPT. Second season we were promoted from League One. Third season we were promoted from Championship (and finished above West Ham). After that he became Club Captain, and all the way through he was reportedly a massive influence in the changing room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinned Posted 17 April, 2020 Share Posted 17 April, 2020 I’m probably a bit older than most of you, but in my view the bast captain by a country mile was Cliff Huxford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanimal Posted 18 April, 2020 Share Posted 18 April, 2020 Alan ball closely followed by Jose Fonte based upon the original criteria set above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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