Let's have your choices! Will be announced end of this month

Purtell

Pitts

(But I think it'll be Gaskell)

Sidlow

Sidlow or Ferguson.

Interesting that no names really spring out when looking at the squad.

Nothing against the bloke but why are people saying Sidlow?

Got SL experience. Expected to play long minutes. Talked up by Lowes in the press fairly recently.

There's the leading from the front aspect sure but then there's the quiet word, the inspirational team talk under the posts needed too. I can't recall hearing him speak so don't know whether he has the ability to galvanize the team. I'm almost certainly being totally unfair but I have for some reason got a perception that he doesn't quite have what it takes in the brainbox to deliver a stirring oration when we are flagging.

The fact that this is no obvious candidate concerns me a bit. We are going to need players to step up and become leaders.

O'brien.

I don't think Lowes will want to burden Gaskell with the captaincy. He has to choose someone who is going to be a certain starter (very few players with such a big squad) And he needs someone who plays long minutes.