Captaincy up in the air

Last updated : 18 July 2003 By Tony Scholes

Gareth Taylor - top choice at the moment
Although we don’t know what the complete squad will look like on the opening day of the season it hasn’t stopped people staking claims for one player or another with four players coming out very much on top of all others in discussions. These four are Graham Branch, Mark McGregor, Gareth Taylor and Paul Weller.

And so we asked you in our latest poll which of the four, if any of them, you would choose as our next captain. Although Taylor was top choice of the four there was in fact a majority who would prefer none of the four to take the arm band.

In fact over 35% of you said none of the four with Gareth Taylor not too far behind with just under 33% and some distance ahead of the other three.

Graham Branch with over 15% and Paul Weller, just over 14%, were closely matched with Mark McGregor well behind.

So of the players selected Taylor is your choice although more of you are probably waiting to see whether Stan signs a new player who would fit the bill as captain as he has done previously with Gordon Armstrong and then Steve Davis.