Messi983
Senior Member
Even if you think he is not captain material anymore, you can't take his armband away. He holds such a place in the club and the club want to put the scandal behind. They didn't even fine him.
Now, i agree with you that he shows a very poor attitude as a captain in the videos. In this case, another player with more fighting spirit should step up. It is not rare to see a non captain speaking, motivating the group. Who are your vice captains ?
Problem is we don't really have players who would step up in tough situations to lift up morale in the team or say some things that needs to be said at the right moment. One of the main reasons why we are where we are. We probably didn't have a true locker room leader since Masche left.
Busi, Pique and Roberto are vice captains and I don't see anyone of them being too vocal.
Also, if his teammates would decide so they could take Messi's armband away. But they won't as they still respect him too much. And neither will the club because this would create more public drama we don't need.