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If I said Tony Adams is a wanker would I be wrong?
Oooh tea?
He appears to have been pretty outspoken recently about how Odegaard should be stripped of the captaincy and it should be given to Rice (who he says is "my kind of captain").
He probably didn't say it as directly or forcefully as the media are implying. They tend to take every comment from a former player, and no matter how gently the player put it the media will exaggerate it. But equally, criticism of Ode isn't going to help his confidence or form. And there's something to be said for the quieter, more discrete captain approach that he offers.
I don't actually think a captain will make or break a team, in reality they are the figureheads but the team does benefit from having a leadership group which we clearly see with different senior members being mentors to younger or newer players.
But yeah Tone is entitled to his opinion but it's a bit uncalled for.