Im not generally  in favour of players voting for a captain. Becomes a weird popularity/logies fiasco. That said the recent appointment from above have all  been shizen.

Melbourne probably  doesn't  need a captain  anyway. We've  been coasting along fine without leadership  for years now.

On 8/14/2019 at 7:02 AM, Lucifer's Hero said:

Yes.  Viney was a 'captains call' by Goodwin. 

Goodwin told Jones (iirc while on the golf course) that Viney would be a co-capt without even telling Jones there would be a co-capt.  Completely blindsided him on both counts.  

Players had no say in Viney.  Not sure about players voting in Jones.

I definitely remember Jones being blind-sided, but then ``warmed`` to the idea.

From the outside looking in, I don`t think he ever warmed to it and there are lingering side-effects on show to this day. I was told 2 years ago by a former player that Viney was more concerned about his own form than being a leader. Maybe he has grown since then but he hasnt exactly been on the park for much of the past 2 years.

In my opinion both of them need to go and Gawn needs to be made sole Captain, appointed by the coach. His speech at the BnF last year was enough to tell me he is a true leader, he talks the talk BUT he walks the walk.

I don`t think Jones nor Viney are natural leaders.  Steven May has shown more onfield leadership (in the few games he has played) than either of these blokes this year. 

Clean slate next year or its rinse and repeat, bet your bottom dollar.