The Keen & Judah Show: Who are Liam's dark horse picks for Wolves' new club captain?

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Nelson Semedo has yet to give Wolves a decision on whether he will sign a new contract. Should the 31-year-old depart, who should be named new club captain?

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00:00A couple more shouts, Liam, you want to discuss Marshall Minetsian

00:03and Jorgen Strand-Larsen.

00:05Yeah, maybe a surprise to a couple of people to mention this.

00:10I think Minetsi would be a really good captain.

00:12I really do.

00:12I think he's a very intelligent guy.

00:16He's very easy to speak to, very easy to get along with.

00:18I think he has the best players.

00:24He wants the best for the people around him,

00:26and I think that would really help the squad and unite the squad.

00:28He speaks seven languages as well.

00:31So all of these reasons are great reasons.

00:34Again, a bit of a quieter guy, but we've discussed that already

00:37and why that can or can't be an issue.

00:40But he may not play enough is potentially the biggest problem.

00:45You need someone who's going to be playing the majority of the games,

00:47starting the majority of the games,

00:49and I'm not sure Minetsi next season will necessarily be

00:51the first name on the team sheet.

00:53I think he'll come in and out of the team.

00:54I think he'll be used when necessary.

00:55I think he's a good option from the bench as well.

00:58But I don't think that necessarily makes a captain.

01:02Actually, before I come on to last,

01:03I'm going to mention one other player in Matt Doherty.

01:07Potentially a similar situation to Minetsi.

01:10I think he's a really good character, really good professional,

01:13very demanding of the people around him.

01:14What's the best?

01:16What's to be the best?

01:17He knows the club inside out.

01:18He's been at the club for a long time,

01:19obviously 10 years prior to leaving,

01:21and now he's been back for a couple of years.

01:23Again, he may not play enough.

01:25In my opinion, he probably deserves to start the season

01:27at centre-back after we played excellently

01:29at the back end of the campaign.

01:31But Wolves have got Mosquera coming back.

01:33They've got several other centre-backs there.

01:35He may start the season,

01:38but if he finishes it,

01:39I wouldn't be surprised,

01:42but I think there's a lot of competition there,

01:43put it that way.

01:44So that's going to be another major issue

01:46for Doherty in keeping that position.

01:48But I think as a captain

01:48and someone who could do that position

01:50or do that role,

01:51I think, again, he's another really good candidate,

01:53someone that's in the mix.

01:54The problem of not playing enough is a big one.

01:57And then finally, Larson,

01:57which may surprise a few people,

01:59but I'd look to what he offers

02:02and who he is as a person.

02:04I think there's a lot of really good boxes

02:06being ticked here,

02:08but one big issue, which I'll come on to.

02:09So he speaks multiple languages.

02:12I don't actually know the exact number.

02:13Like I said, with Minetsi, it was seven.

02:15I know for a fact Larson speaks fluent English

02:17and fluent Spanish,

02:18but he does speak,

02:19I think he understands Italian.

02:21I think he speaks a few other languages as well.

02:22So he speaks multiple languages,

02:24which is great for communication,

02:25great for getting along with people.

02:26He does get along with everyone in the squad.

02:29He's a relatively big character.

02:32We all know he's got that big friendship with Andre,

02:34which was an unexpected turn of events.

02:37So all of these reasons

02:38are really great reasons for him to be a captain.

02:42There's a couple of small issues.

02:44Similar to Jao Gomez,

02:45him being 24,

02:46Larson's 25.

02:48Again, not a massive problem,

02:49but I think worth mentioning.

02:50He's also only been in English football for a year.

02:53And obviously been in the Netherlands and Spain

02:55and obviously Norway

02:56at the very beginning of his career before that.

02:58And then the big problem here,

03:00we talk about positions,

03:02we talk about centre midfielders,

03:03we talk about centre backs.

03:04As a striker,

03:06is that the right person to be a captain?

03:08Because it puts a lot of extra pressure on you

03:11when you've already got the massive burden

03:12of needing to score goals already.

03:15And I'm not necessarily sure

03:17that he needs that extra pressure thrown on top of him.

03:19Similar to Jao Gomez,

03:20does he need to step back

03:21and focus on his football?

03:23Is he someone that can be in that leadership group

03:25and be in that group of generals,

03:27if you will,

03:28behind another captain

03:29and maybe work his way up to that position?

03:32But I think it was worth mentioning him anyway.

03:34But as you said from the very beginning,

03:36the problem Wolves have got

03:37is of all these people we've spoken about,

03:39there is no obvious position

03:41or obvious person for the role.

03:43And that's Wolves' biggest problem.

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