William Gallas:
His attitude, leadership, and performances have been questionable, and to some people he is like a poison in the Arsenal squad.
I suppose he is not the best captain the club has ever had, but it is perhaps a more difficult team to captain than some others.
Vieira was captain of a team that didn't need captaining with players like Campbell, Ljungberg, and Gilberto having experience of the job themselves while other senior players like Pires and Henry were hardly the types that needed keeping in line.
Vieira still managed a widely publicised physical confrontation with Lauren though!
This young team needs more considered thought to get the best out of them. In some ways Gallas takes the job of captain too seriously and his comments will not help him. However, stripping him of the captaincy now, as much of the press are urging, will not serve the cause of harmony within the team well.
Gallas has, more often than not, done his job reasonably well. It is when the going gets tough that he fails to set the example that is expected of him.
I will not delve into the over-publicised incident at St. Andrews last season. He shouldn't have done what he did. What the incident did however, was give everybody a glimpse of what sort of captain and leader he was.
His latest outbursts, as pointed out by our good friend Alex Dimond, will not go down favorably. As a captain, a lot of issues will depend on how he handles it and going public is a definite no-no.
He has clearly shown that he does not want the responsibility that goes with being a club captain.
His football ability has never been in doubt as his career across London with Chelsea proves. He has never quite been able to recapture the form he enjoyed at Stamford Bridge, though.
In his defence, he has managed to produce some critically important goals for his team like the winner against Chelsea and the late equaliser against United.
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