Soccer

Pepe Reina and Sotirios Kyrgiakos are the two contenders to stand in as
Liverpool captain over the next few games, Roy Hodgson has confirmed.

With Steven Gerrard not expected to return from a hamstring tear until at
least the Newcastle game on December 11, and Jamie Carragher now ruled out
for three months, the armband is available for fixtures against Steaua
Bucharest, Aston Villa and Utrecht.

Hodgson has yet to make a decision as to who will wear it - though the boss
has narrowed it down to two candidates.

"I'll have to give it some thought but there are two possibilities," Hodgson
told Liverpoolfc.tv. "Pepe Reina is one, and in some ways he's the obvious
choice, but there's also Soto Kyrgiakos, who's going to start on Thursday.

"You choose someone with a good track record at the club who's been here for
a number of years, and someone you know will have the right attitude that
could possibly rub off on the other players."

Liverpoolfc.tv broke news on Tuesday morning that Carragher needs surgery on
his dislocated shoulder and will not return to the starting XI until at
least February.

Hodgson added: "It's a massive blow, especially on the back of Steven
Gerrard's injury. From a situation where he didn't look to be in any danger
he gets a serious injury - it's one of those things that is very difficult
to take.

"He's an important person for the club. He's got that Liverpool mentality of
old that we're not going to get beaten no matter what. He takes that on to
the field and it can rub off on to the other players."

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Robert Halton <rhalton@gmail.com> wrote:

> *Apparently it's between Pepe and Kyrgiakos.
>
> but from a forum
>
>
> Who should captain LFC in the absence of Gerrard & Carragher?*
>
> - Pepe Reina (50%)
> - Dirk Kuyt (19%)
> - Fernando Torres (13%)
> - Lucas Leiva (13%)
> - Ryan Babel (6%)
> - Milan Jovanovic (0%)
> - Joe Cole (0%)
> - David Ngog (0%)
> - Glen Johnson (0%)
> - Martin Skrtel (0%)
> - Fabio Aurelio (0%)
> - Christian Poulsen (0%)
> - Sotirios Kyrgiakos (0%)
> - Maxi Rodriguez (0%)
> - Raul Meireles (0%)
> - Martin Skrtel (0%)
> - Paul Konchesky (-1%)
>
>

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