Swansea appoint former Team USA boss Bob Bradley. Plus: problems on and off the field for Coventry, and World Cup 2018 qualifying previewsSubscribe and review: iTunes, Soundcloud, Audioboom, Mixcloud, AcastOn this special international edition of Football Weekly Extra, AC Jimbo is joined by Barry Glendenning, James Horncastle and Paolo Bandini to fashion a pod out of … well, the following: Continue reading...
Gareth Southgate should have taken radical action over England captaincy, Hal Robson-Kanu may be needed by Wales and how long can Didier Deschamps do without Karim Benzema?Captaincy is among the biggest red herrings in football: all players are supposed to set examples with their performances and leaders lead with or without an armband. And yet the England captaincy matters simply because a lot of people think it matters. Steven Gerrard was upset when it was taken off him by a caretaker manager, Stuart Pearce, and David Beckham was uplifted when it was given to him by a caretaker manager, Peter Taylor. The country’s latest caretaker manager, Gareth Southgate, should have de-fetishised the armband by announcing England do not need a...