It may be Auba wearing the armband and getting the bulk of game time but there's not a doubt in my mind the Lacazette is the captain of this team in the players eyes and minds. That's not to say they don't respect Auba, it's nothing like that. Simply that Auba's personality and game mean he can only really lead the team when he himself is playing well and scoring. He's not verbal nor particularly combative so being on point himself is his only way he communicates with the others. So if he has a bad game, so do we.
Lacazette is different, he still leads by example playing well, same as Auba. But his additional combativeness, interplay and verbally outspoken instruction, mean that he can also still lead by example when having a nightmare himself. Unlike Auba he can literally be 0 for 6 shooting but still get several key passes an assist plus a few MF ball steals to boot. The team can and has won many times with Laca being unable to score for love nor money. This difference in Lacazette is something our young squad respects, responds to and feeds off.
The difference in the way the players approach a game with Lacazette on the pitch and with him off it is now clearly visible to see. I like Aubameyang but he's captain in name only. Alexander Lacazette is actually the leader of this team and it's time for the armband an starting lineup to reflect that. The same way the team and it's performances do.
Cap'n Laca
posted on 4/12/21
Don't think we have any captain in terms of that big leader in the side. The closest is probably Ramsdale but it's very early days for him and being a goalkeeper it'll always be limited in its influence.
It's probably a bit of a general issue for us although not the main reason the side is failing
posted on 4/12/21
Xhaka is the real captain. The sooner he is back the better.
posted on 4/12/21
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 43 minutes ago
Xhaka is the real captain. The sooner he is back the better.
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posted on 4/12/21
I feel since Ramsdale came in the whole team got in a different mood. He and KT should do it.
posted on 5/12/21
Xhaka can't be the captain because he has enough to worry about just staying on the pitch. He is also like Auba in terms of only being able to lead constructively whilst having a good game himself. I think the only reason that Lacazette isn't the "big leader" as you're defining it is because he isn't the teams named captain. His leadership of this team has been discreet to the point of people having to pay attention to notice and see it. Rightly so when you are not the official captain. Stick the armband on him and he'll immediately look a better captain than Auba ever has.
Assuming he stays healthy, in decent to top form and at AFC, then Ramsdale is both the England No.1 spot and Arsenal captaincy future, in that order. The England No.1 is a lock if he continues to perform for us as he has so far. And after 2 or 3 seasons max of him being here, I've no doubt the fans will be calling for him to get the armband and the players will happily see him get it.
For now it needs to be Lacazette.
posted on 5/12/21
Laca who seldom starts. Make sense
posted on 5/12/21
Id say it should be Gabriel or Rammers