Shackell delight at skip role

11:00am Tuesday 31st July 2012 in Football Photograph of the Author By Chris Flanagan, Sports reporter

JASON Shackell says he is honoured to have been named as the new captain of Burnley.

The 28-year-old centre back was installed as skipper in place of Chris McCann last week, having recently arrived from Derby County.

Shackell was previously captain with Derby, Barnsley and Norwich and said: “Being captain here is a massive honour for me and a lot of responsibility.

“But that’s something I’m looking forward to and hopefully can relish.

“It’s nothing new to me because I’ve been captain at a few clubs now and I’ve gained valuable experience, so hopefully I can help the boys and maintain a good standard of football myself.”

Comments (4)

11:19am Tue 31 Jul 12

verbal discharge says...

we have lacked a leader at the back for a long time, someone to organise the defence and shout at the midfield etc.

A valuable addition as he also takes the responsibility from Chris McCann and allows him to just play his normal game.
we have lacked a leader at the back for a long time, someone to organise the defence and shout at the midfield etc. A valuable addition as he also takes the responsibility from Chris McCann and allows him to just play his normal game. verbal discharge

12:23pm Tue 31 Jul 12

vintageclaret says...

verbal discharge wrote:
we have lacked a leader at the back for a long time, someone to organise the defence and shout at the midfield etc. A valuable addition as he also takes the responsibility from Chris McCann and allows him to just play his normal game.
Fully agree, especially about Chris. I think that trying to restore his confidence after coming back from injury with the added weight of captaincy restricted his game last season. It was obvious in incidences during a lot of games that he was uncomfortable in the role.

Still can't blame him for having a go at it, as the saying goes "better to have tried, than never having a tried at all" etc.
[quote][p][bold]verbal discharge[/bold] wrote: we have lacked a leader at the back for a long time, someone to organise the defence and shout at the midfield etc. A valuable addition as he also takes the responsibility from Chris McCann and allows him to just play his normal game.[/p][/quote]Fully agree, especially about Chris. I think that trying to restore his confidence after coming back from injury with the added weight of captaincy restricted his game last season. It was obvious in incidences during a lot of games that he was uncomfortable in the role. Still can't blame him for having a go at it, as the saying goes "better to have tried, than never having a tried at all" etc. vintageclaret

12:33pm Tue 31 Jul 12

szosteke says...

we just need a good midfield player now wel done eddie
we just need a good midfield player now wel done eddie szosteke

12:35pm Tue 31 Jul 12

szosteke says...

we must beat blackburn this time and finish above them
we must beat blackburn this time and finish above them szosteke

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