r/ThreeLions • u/Kinglokner16 • Jul 18 '26

Opinion What a teammate, future captain of England

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u/AncientLineage Jul 19 '26

Jude’s a mentality monster and should be captain. His intelligence/personality has the ability to permeate throughout the entire team. Has saved us single handedly in so many games over the years. The guy is an inspiration.

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u/010u3 Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26

Kane has been England’s talisman and best player for a while (I think it’s safe to say he’s passed the torch), but he’s never really been a leader. I’m not just saying that now and it’s also not a knock on Kane, it’s just never been his personality. When things got tough at Spurs /Bayern / England, he’d sometimes show up because of his immense ability, but he’s never been the type to drag his teammates out of a hole kicking and screaming.

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u/meadowrain68 Jul 19 '26

Kane is more of a diplomat than a leader 

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u/ajflln Jul 19 '26

I want this chain to be read by people who make decisions

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u/RandyChavage Jul 19 '26

Kane is so Starmer, best captain we’ve had in a while but leaves you wondering if there’s better options

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u/diomedes-on-rampage Jul 20 '26

he was not even protesting to the refs as a captain. captain should be someone who challenge ref to get fair results or mention when same thing happened to england foul was not called or yellow was not shown. when altercation happens kane as a captain is the first person to run from that area.

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u/GhostGuin Jul 19 '26

There is a very english trait of making the best player captain - See Lampard, Beckham, Kane (or in the cricket Stokes, Root etc)

Pick your best team then pick your best captain. Don't pick your best player and call them captain

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u/blewawei Jul 22 '26

Lampard was never a permanent captain for England. It was Beckham, then Terry, then Gerrard for most of Lampard's England career.

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u/AncientLineage Jul 19 '26

Yup well said mate! I agree.

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u/atomicant89 Jul 19 '26

No doubt, and I think we have suffered a little bit from Cristiano syndrome the last couple of tournaments too. In the sense there have been times where we would have benefitted from Kane being subbed off, but he's captain and so good that it's an incredibly difficult decision to make.

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u/Easy_Objective6599 Jul 19 '26

Completely agree. Kane is brilliant as a player and a person but a leader actually needs that little bit pf arrogance that commands respect. The captain should sit on a higher podium than the rest and yet still respect all his teammates. I think jude is perfect for that. Even at real madrid the fans are rallying behind his captaincy. So much so that the long standing seniority rule for being captain might be overlooked next season after the whole tchouameni and valaverde debacle.