I made one of the arguments you criticized there. 1) I'm not that arsed over who is VC. I preferred Sakho but with rotation, Skrtel will surely be 'captain' a few times this season. 2) If we are going to nitpick, I think Milner is more vocal than Skrtel and will bring exp from a title winning side. Not saying Skrtel has never told other players to mark someone and deffo not criticizing his English or anything. Its marginal, so never saying Skrtel had no right. Milner edged it tho, imo.
Okay, that seems to be rational, but with that in mind it shouldn’t matter that Milner is VC either, right? I suppose it’s more a principle of it, because we treat the position with so much respect, that it should go to someone that’s actually worked their ass of at the club.
Also, I’ve seen Milner’s experience being talked of a lot, but no one can seem to tell me what exactly he has that Škrtel seems to lack. Milner only made 19 appearances for City in their PL winning season, and on 7 of those he same in as a sub. That doesn’t prove anything, but we came close to winning it that season to, and Martin played a lot more matches.
But, I won’t go against my manager, it’s his decision. Martin will likely still keep organizing our back line and keep doing the things he does best. It just feels a little bit like a slap in the face, especially after the botched contract negotiations.