A day of big surprises for defender Kgosi
ROCHDALE defender Kgosi Ntlhe admits it has been a great honour to captain the club recently - but thought that Ian Henderson was joking when he asked him to do it.
Ntlhe wore the armband in the league game against Doncaster Rovers on Saturday, while he also led the team out in the EFL Trophy match against Fleetwood Town last week, and the 24-year-old is proud to have been skipper for the last two games
“We were having lunch when he said it and I thought he was joking. I Luke Matheson, who was a goal. I couldn’t was captain on Tuesday, listened really well. celebrate because we which was a big surprise, “The Fleetwood game were behind, so I got back but we won and was a good game for me in position. Henderson heard the boys to be captain for, and I’ve “I thought we played saying that I was a good also learned loads from quite well but at the end captain, so he said I could Saturday. of the day we have to win be captain again,” he told “The result wasn’t what the game and we have to the club’s official website. we wanted but I’ve put points on the board,
“I’m relatively new to experienced a loss as a so from that point of view the club and there are captain and I can tell you it was disappointing. We players who have been that it hurts.” should have done better here for a long time, who Ntlhe scored one of the in both boxes. are older, more goals in Rochdale’s 3-2 “I actually misheard the experienced than me, so defeat to Doncaster on Man of the Match for him to make me Saturday, but he admits announcement, so it was captain was a big shock. that he should have had a surprise to come off the
“When he told me he more. pitch and be told it was was being serious, all I look up to him, so it was a extra responsibility, both “I should have scored me who had won it. It’s could say was thank you. real honour for me to have on Tuesday night and two crosses in the first the first one I’ve won Henderson is our skipper, been asked by him and for Saturday, especially half, which I didn’t, so I since being at the club he’s the boss and he’s a me to captain the team. leading the younger boys had to get that ball. I got and it means a lot to have good captain. All the boys “I’ve enjoyed having the like Dan Adshead and to it and luckily enough it been chosen.”
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