Rotherham fans are launching a Twitter campaign to get
midfielder Richie Smallwood installed as club captain.
The Millers midfielder was a leading candidate for the role
this season following Craig Morgan’s summer exit, but lost out to new signing
Greg Halford, who has so far failed to impress.
Saturday’s 3-1 defeat to Fulham appears to have been the
tipping point for fans, who were upset at the manner of Halford’s performance
and his apparent lack of visible leadership.
Smallwood, last season’s runaway player of the year, has
been an integral part of the Millers’ success in recent seasons and admitted he
would be “honoured” to wear the Millers armband.
And supporters are taking to social media to campaign for
boss Steve Evans to replace Halford with the former Middlesbrough man by using
the hashtag #smallwoodforcaptain.
#SmallwoodForCaptain - all day long....was and is the only candidate!!!— Jamie Wilson (@Wilson13Jamie) August 31, 2015
Resign as captain @GregHalford15 #SmallwoodForCaptain— Matt Jones (@volumegaminguk) August 31, 2015
@footballheaven Think we need a bit of a change down at NYS through the International break. #SmallwoodForCaptain #RUFC— Jordan Marc Michael (@JordTheMiller) August 31, 2015
#SmallwoodForCaptain said if from day one, loves the club & probably our most important player. #SmallwoodForCaptain— D U C K S (@Arronducker) August 31, 2015
Would love Smallwood to be captain #smallwoodforcaptain #rufc— millers (@finners12) August 31, 2015
— Mash (@ThatPavementKid) August 31, 2015
@OfficialRUFC I will get @richsmallwood33 name and number on my shirt if he's made captain. See if anyone else will? #Smallwoodforcaptain— Frosty (@Frostythemiller) August 31, 2015
— G Horton (@BnG_Miller) August 30, 2015
@richsmallwood33 you definitely deserve it you give so much for the team unlike Halford #SmallwoodForCaptain
— Daniel Smith (@dannoioi) August 30, 2015
