I'll be scratching my head over this one for a good while. Graham seems to have credentials to be captain, but it was an undeniably huuuge brainfart from him in the GF, which makes me worry he'll go awol if the pressure gets too much for him.

Then again, there are other motivating, vocal players in the squad who might benefit from not having the pressure of captaincy.

If ever Graham needed to show people that he is the consummate professional and not a dummy spitter... now's the time.

As if any of the players would come out and say its a bad choice.

Ellis would have been my preffered choice followed by o' loughlin graham Never

They had the option to say nothing and so the article would never have seen daylight.

Brian Smith's take on Graham as captain:



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Who ever is captain on saturday doesn't really matter, the lads are all fighting for the same goal ( to beat the kiwi's) so lets get behing james Graham and the rest of the team and do this country proud !!!!