Tanganga worst ever captain?

[Keen Blade]

Not sure if Tangy is a good leader or not, but on that second goal who in their right mind runs diagonally away from the player and ball it was baffling at the time looking from the Kop, but on replay it's plain mental. It's like a 6 year olds game and the kids have no idea what they are doing.

He is a really poor buy.
That "running away from the danger" thing yesterday had me questioning his sanity.

 

[Champagneblade]

He's one of several we should have sold but will now lose for little to nothing

It was quite desperate on our part after selling Anel that we let him sign only a 3 year contract. He’ll be in that uncomfortable 1 year to go batch. Ideally someone comes for him in January and we cash in.

 

[Iffy Onuora's Shiny Head]

As soon as Phillips can give 90 mins the armband would be going straight to him if I were in charge.

I would also drop Tanganga for Mcguiness at Blackburn.

 

[Chezzy Blades]

Didn't Clough make Higdon captain on his first game, round about the time he seemed to have fallen out with Doyle and Collins?

Yeah, Bristol City at home. He’d fell out with Collins and Butler so played Alcock and McGahey at centre half and gave Lou Reed his debut at 16.

In fact our midfield that day included Reed, Scougall, Murphy, Ben Davies and Flynn. Makes this current lot look like giants!

 

[Millhousesblade1889]

I do think Wilder is trying to force us to fall in love with this current squad.

We adored that 2016–20 team because it embodied what we expect from Sheffield United. They’d come back from losing positions, they’d turn up with genuine belief they could beat anyone, and there was a mix of arrogance, confidence, fitness and intelligence in everything including our set plays.

Since Hecky’s promotion, all of that has faded. Tanganga isn’t very good, and I think most fans have accepted that now. When you compare him to the old leaders Sharp, Egan, Norwood, Basham there’s just no comparison.

Wilder’s trying to squeeze that same emotional connection out of a squad that simply doesn’t have the same personality, leadership or resilience. And that’s the real issue.

 

[Designer Blade]

I remember saying last season he’s not a good defender or a leader and got shouted down by some on here.

We have missed leadership and positional awareness in defence for ages. The whole team needs someone to organise and motivate on the pitch, a team of leaders would be ideal, I’m not sure we have any.

 

[Stretch]

He's not the worst, but he is also not Captain material. Too hot headed and seemingly more interested in getting into a spat with referees every match.

The problem we have is that there are very few players who are captain material now. From the regular starters, personally I would have given it to Peck or Bamford, but I am not sure either of those would be amazing at it either.

 

[Lord Eddard Muir]

Is Tanganga the worst captain we've ever had at the club? We've often had captains who lack ability but they've made up for that with fight, desire and heart but this guy offers nothing. He's often out of position and doesn't show the desire or knowledge to play the position. We will never have a strong defence when he is playing, we have heavily relied on Cooper so far this season. I've seen him save at least ten point blank opportunities.

Jay McEveley

 

[Paisley Blade]

Way off the mark Rodley,
Mick Speight

That’ll be the same Mick Speight who played 4 times for England B?

 

[Bartleby]

One of the first changes Wilder made first time was making Billy Sharp captain which I thought was a great move but we still seemed to need a bit of leadership at the back, and that happened when Jake Wright came into the team.

 

[Dark muffy]

That 2nd goal looked like tanganga had a few quid on him to score, ive never seen defending like that. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

 

[Harry's Game]

Should never have had the armband…

but there are absolutely no leaders in this squad

 

[SwissBlade]

Is Tanganga the worst captain we've ever had at the club? We've often had captains who lack ability but they've made up for that with fight, desire and heart but this guy offers nothing. He's often out of position and doesn't show the desire or knowledge to play the position. We will never have a strong defence when he is playing, we have heavily relied on Cooper so far this season. I've seen him save at least ten point blank opportunities.

Tanganga certainly isn't the commanding player that i expected him to be when signed him and he's seemingly picked up where he left off last season. I thought we'd be getting a player dominating the Strikers and being pretty organised, but its come down to his CB partner to play that role, even if technically they're not as good as Tanganga. Boro away aside, where he appeared to be a one man defence, I don't recall Tanganga being the stand out defender. Hopefully alongside Kitching, Tanganga can pick up his performances. Positioning wise he seems to be all over the place, but that might also be a consequence of the players around him not being up to the job either.

The captaincy is where I have the problem though, with him. He appears to want to argue with officials rather than lead his side, often when freekicks have been given against us, he's in the middle of the park arguing with the ref, instead of accepting it and getting back to position to marshall his defenders. He seems more petulant than a leader should be.

Over the years we've been blessed with strong centre half leaders as captains, the likes of Jags, Morgan and Egan all stand out. All different mannerisms and abilities, but they would lead the side. I don't get the same feeling from Tanganga. If we have to have a centre half captain, perhaps it could be Kitching if he can establish himself.

It also seems a little like Tanganga has too much responsibility with the captaincy. He needs to be focused on the defensive duties first.

I'd like to think that Phillips would take the armband in the middle of the park, but he's not there yet, fitness wise to be getting the armband for 30 mins.

 

[Nick Jansky]

I do think Wilder is trying to force us to fall in love with this current squad.

We adored that 2016–20 team because it embodied what we expect from Sheffield United. They’d come back from losing positions, they’d turn up with genuine belief they could beat anyone, and there was a mix of arrogance, confidence, fitness and intelligence in everything including our set plays.

Since Hecky’s promotion, all of that has faded. Tanganga isn’t very good, and I think most fans have accepted that now. When you compare him to the old leaders Sharp, Egan, Norwood, Basham there’s just no comparison.

Wilder’s trying to squeeze that same emotional connection out of a squad that simply doesn’t have the same personality, leadership or resilience. And that’s the real issue.

Nobody is going to be falling in love with this squad no matter what Wilder says.

 

[Hallamboy87]

I believe Kitching was vice captain at Coventry. I think he would be a great shout for the season. But on the downside he's a loan player!

 

[Esteban Cambiasso]

Not sure if Tangy is a good leader or not, but on that second goal who in their right mind runs diagonally away from the player and ball it was baffling at the time looking from the Kop, but on replay it's plain mental. It's like a 6 year olds game and the kids have no idea what they are doing.

Leave him alone he was pretending to be a caterpillar

 

[Zeblades34]

His marking is atrocious

 

[Brian Deane]

Not sure if Tangy is a good leader or not, but on that second goal who in their right mind runs diagonally away from the player and ball it was baffling at the time looking from the Kop, but on replay it's plain mental. It's like a 6 year olds game and the kids have no idea what they are doing.

Thought exactly the same no intention of busting his ass to put a challenge in or at least have presence.

 

[loyalblade95]

Ask your Dad about Neill Collins and Michael Doyle.

Jay Mceverly too (probably spelt that wrong)

 

[derfblade.3]

Who next for a scapegoat?

 

[Silky Sabella]

That’ll be the same Mick Speight who played 4 times for England B?

That has no bearing on being a captain !

 

[DromoreBlade]

Not a fan of him as captain. He seems to do a lot of moaning about other players while standing about watching goals go in.