01 Dec 2025 06:31:15
Slightly apt the day after we sadly lost one of our greatest ever players. A captain who had all the qualities needed for that role. Hard working, courageous, motivational and helped massively with team spirit.
Sadly our current captain has none of those qualities with the exception of hard working. Bowen form has dipped massively the last few weeks, not sure is this is linked to his captaincy role. Somehow I doubt it because he is not acting like a captain. Paqueta was a disgrace yesterday but Bowen should have been doing all he could to get the fool away from that situation. Instead he just looked on.
I just wondered if people agree and who they would prefer to see as captain. On current form the only players who could be in with a shout are Fernandez Potts or Areola. AWB on his previous performances could be but not sure he shows those qualities. I'm not keen on goalies being captain simply because of their distance from the action. I would go for Potts as he shows maturity above his years but will probably get shot down for suggesting that.

1.) 01 Dec 2025
01 Dec 2025 10:31:51
I think we need 11 new players first, whoever is captain won't inspire these losers, if one of our greatest players deaths doesn't inspire them to put in a performance then nothing will, wholesale changes needed, nobody in that squad is safe at the moment

2.) 01 Dec 2025
01 Dec 2025 11:42:11
Nothing will change until we get shot of the circus act masquerading as a board of directors. A different manager and bringing in new players won’t change anything. This club needs an entire reboot, with wholesale changes in the way it’s run. It’s going down the toilet and yesterday Paqueta pulled the chain.

3.) 01 Dec 2025
01 Dec 2025 12:13:05
Interesting how they sent out young Fernandes out to do the post match Sky interview yesterday rather than the Captain ….

I think you all make really valid points. The club is in a mess and needs a complete overhaul. I hate to say it but maybe going down forcing the tosspot owners into a fire sale of both club and mercenary players wouldn’t be a bad thing. Of the current squad the only ones I’d keep for the Championship in the hope of a swift return would be Fernandes, Potts, Scarles, Mougassa, Summerville, Areola, KWP and AWB the rest can and probably would do one ….

4.) 01 Dec 2025
01 Dec 2025 13:58:04
Dabber, What no Bowen? ⚒⚒⚒

5.) 01 Dec 2025
01 Dec 2025 14:51:10
Sadly I agree with a lot of the points above and I am hopeful that the clowns who run the circus will be gone. I’m not sure about Bowen he does try and has ability but has been rubbish of late. Maybe taking the captaincy away may allow him to concentrate on his game.
Other names I would possibly add to that list Dabber could be Todibo who seems much better recently and I actually thought Guilherme played pretty well when he came on he just seems to lack a bit of confidence and self belief. If they were to sell him I would have a few clauses in any deal because I think he may possibly turn out to be a really decent player.


I still think we need to introduce some of the youngsters like fearing and Kante as they can’t do worse than some of our players

6.) 01 Dec 2025
01 Dec 2025 15:09:06
The captain needs to be Fernandes. He was the one 'trying' to stop Pacquetta and 'trying' to speak to the referee.

7.) 01 Dec 2025
01 Dec 2025 16:09:17
I love Bowen Chelms but I’m making the assumption that if we go down he would be sold anyway. I’ve never thought he was Captain material apart from the fact he always tries hard. If we go down I’m with Brooking and would give it to Fernandes. HD I also think Todibo has improved under Nuno but again like Bowen think he will be on his toes if we get relegated

8.) 01 Dec 2025
01 Dec 2025 16:34:36
Guys, the reason Fernandes tried to intervene was because he’s Portugese and speaks the same language as Paqueta! He’s far too inexperienced for the captaincy. The ideal man for that job we let go out on loan—Alvarez— because he didn’t agree with the style of football Potter was playing. Anyone with a heartbeat can see Bowen is no captain material, and it’s affecting his play along with the crap tactics employed by the gutless Nuno. We need a new owner, chairman, a football director and a new head coach who isn’t scared of his own shadow. Then we can start talking about a captain and the new players we need to start playing entertaining attacking football. I’m not holding my breath. The club is f*cked.

9.) 01 Dec 2025
01 Dec 2025 17:08:12
@brooking, i was thinking Fernandes could be a good shout, i think he is captain of the u21s for portugal, Potts i think needs to concentrate on establishing himself as a prem player.

Personally i never thought bowen should have been given the captaincy, all he needs to be focused on is putting the ball in the back of the net. Although due to how terrible our squad mangement has been we were pretty short of options.

Maybe Cress should have been given another year would have taken a bit of pressure off for who ever the captain is.

All that said the captaincy issue is pretty small compared to all the other problems at the club.

10.) 01 Dec 2025
01 Dec 2025 17:52:24
I again agree we have bigger problems than the captaincy however Rome wasn’t built in a day. New ownership and director of football isn’t going to happen anytime soon and as s**t as his tactics are sacking Nuno is probably a slightly worse decision than giving him more time. The quicker fix is new players in 4 weeks and releasing pressure from our best player by relieving him of the burden of captaincy

11.) 02 Dec 2025
02 Dec 2025 19:33:58
As you say Dabber and Tin we all know the problems with the owners but that probably isn't going to go away soon so i'd expect a load of quick fixes again with no long term planning and another load of wasted cash in January, the only way I can see anyone half decent joining is on loan because they have an outside chance of a world Cup squad let's face it we aren't very attractive at the moment

The manager has shown inept boring tactics but again that isn't going to change anytime soon to be honest, I think this will be a long season again and there won't be cash to change it in the summer

12.) 03 Dec 2025
03 Dec 2025 06:22:50
I agree Robbo. The board has brought this on us by its cheap attitude towards coaches. They have always gone for the cheap option—-available (unemployed) coaches. They’re unemployed for a reason, and they’ve always proved to be bad fits for WHU. Weeks ago, many on here were forecasting problems, with relegation a real possibility. Nothing really has changed.

13.) 03 Dec 2025
03 Dec 2025 18:14:27
Unfortunately it takes a certain type of manager to handle these lying owners, ones that are not afraid to stand up to them and do things their own way. We’ve had 2 in the last 10-15 years and that's Moyes and Fat Sam. Because of their ability to avoid being “yes men” both had a degree of success. This was why I personally didn’t mind Moyes. The football wasn’t great to watch but at least we had security in the PL and were playing in Europe. I know a lot of people will say Moyes is to blame for the position we’re in now but that's just unfair. When Moyes left Sullivan replaced him with a lesser standard manager who along with Steidten spent all of the Rice money and more on substandard signings. Look at Everton now, flying ….Shearer was right, we needed to be careful what we wished for