As a former captain of St Kilda for eight years, Danny Frawley knows a thing or two about leading a team, and he doesnโt think Crows skipper Tex Walker is the right man for the job in Adelaide.
Earlier in the week, vice-captain Rory Sloane signed a new five-year contract, tying him to the Crows for life, and Frawley think he is the one that should take over the captaincy.
โIโll be very, very surprised if Sloaneโs not the next captain of Adelaide,โ Frawley said on SEN Breakfast this morning.
โI think Walkerโs knees are really troubling him a lot. Heโs not the same player that we saw.
โI think itโs hard if you canโt perform the way you want to as a skipper.
โYour number one role as a captain is to perform on the field, forget off the field. Youโre there to try and win games and Iโm only looking at what Iโm seeing, Tex isnโt the same player.
โIf his form gets back to his best, no doubting he should be captain. Iโm only looking at what Iโve seen.
โI can remember Tex standing on heads, but now it looks like his big toe is stuck to the ground.โ
Frawley regrets staying captain of St Kilda as long as he did and he doesnโt want the same for Walker.
โI captained all the way to the end of my career at the Saints and probably shouldnโt have,โ he said.
โI was really badly injured and it was never really mentioned, but looking back thereโs no doubt I shouldโve handed it over.โ
