This is so very, very, very true. Bench the whole last season and not a single negative comment leaked. Top professional even if he should never start ahead of Martinez, Lindelöf or Shaw. Let's just hope he doesn't put his heels in and tries to take back his place in this team. Dear god move on for everyone's sake.

Exactly, he never really became a bad player, he always tried his best for the team and seemed by all accounts to be a great captain. It was just he really didn't fit the playing style for the team, I expect to see him shine again at another team soon. All the best to him.

All a true captain needs to do is motivate the other players and set the standard. Bruno is surely perfect for that, if Licha had been here a little longer I wouldn't mind him at all, but it's gotta be Bruno overall. At least being captain means he's actually allowed to discuss with the referee so less likely to get carded for complaining about a decision too.