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Old 11-26-2007, 11:49 PM   Choosing Captain and Vice Captain Post #1
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What would people reccommend is the best factor when choosing your captain? teamwork, influence or a mixture of the two?

Also does the amount of time the player has been at the club and if he is a fans favourite come into it?

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Old 11-26-2007, 11:51 PM   Choosing Captain and Vice Captain Post #2
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Influence defeinatly - and also needs to be well liked by the team.
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Old 11-26-2007, 11:53 PM   Choosing Captain and Vice Captain Post #3
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- influence, obvious
- determination, you want your captain to lift your team in times of need
- time at club, noone respects a newbie who has just joined the club
- age, older players wont respect a kid
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Old 11-26-2007, 11:55 PM   Choosing Captain and Vice Captain Post #4
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influence is the main one to look at then i tend to look at other the mental attributes
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Old 11-26-2007, 11:58 PM   Choosing Captain and Vice Captain Post #5
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Please see Selecting a Captain.
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Old 11-27-2007, 12:20 AM   Choosing Captain and Vice Captain Post #6
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cheers for the help people. just confusing that my assistant always reccommends player with highest teamwork.
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Will a players influence rise if given the armband? My squad is bereft of players with a high influence rating.
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Old 11-27-2007, 01:32 AM   Choosing Captain and Vice Captain Post #8
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Will a players influence rise if given the armband? My squad is bereft of players with a high influence rating.
Yes. That effect has apparently been around a while, but was made more pronounced with FM'07; somebody said they made one of their guys captain for three years running, and saw his Influence rise from '3' to '18' or so .. I don't know how pronounced it is in '08.

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just confusing that my assistant always reccommends player with highest teamwork.
I think the folks that swear up and down by influence are still living in the CM01/02 world. As noted in my linked post, teamwork is pretty key.
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(I don't mean to say that I don't consider Influence - I do, but its more like a secondary consideration after I've identified the 'key candidates' from age, experience, composure, teamwork, and determination.)
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my rule is follows a few criteria in this rough order (for top two division teams mainly):

1. ensure the person has at least a decent influence (12 or so). It can improve as captain so it doesn't neccessarily have to be 20.

2. ensure the player has good mental stats, particularly in key 'off-the-ball' ones. This includes determination, teamwork, workrate and bravery. Your captain should be a role model for the squad and someone who isn't going to be unsettled easily.

3. make sure the captain is a good, first choice player. There's no point picking a captain if they aren't going to make the squad or if your trying to replace them.

4. check the player's personality. This overlaps a little with 2, but i generally prefer professional, determined, resilient or resolute (or synonyms for these) as opposed to ambitious, balanced, jovial or even loyal.

5. pick a player who has been at the club for a long time, or better yet, is a youth product (ie. Fernando Torres)

6. If there aren't any stand out older players for the role, then pick a younger lad who you feel will be a key to your team over the next decade.

For vice-captain i follow the same guidelines, but if i have a mid to old captain (>27) i certainly pick a younger player as vice, someone who can replace my captain as he gets on in age.
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