A poll coducted by Tribalfootball.com regarding who is better choice to replace John Terry for the England captaincy.

According to the poll Readers prefer Steven Gerrard for the captaincy rather than Manchester United’s Rio Ferdinand who replaced John Terry during this week.

England manager Fabio Capello stripped John Terry of the mantle after news emerged over his affair with ex-Chelsea teammate Wayne Bridge’s former girlfriend and immediately installed Ferdinand to lead England.

But tribalfootball.com readers believe Gerrard would be a better leader for the nation to compete in FIFA World Cup 2010 which kicks off in June this year.

According to Poll Steven Gerrard got 65% of votes compared with Ferdinand’s 35%.

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Steven Gerrard has been appointed England Vice Captain and Rio Ferdinand replaced John Terry as captain of England after his affair with an ex-team mate’s partner.

Its been reported that Fabio Capello held talk with John Terry earlier at Wembley after reports revealed that John Terry had been cheating on wife Toni poole with a supermodel Venessa Perroncel, ex-girlfriend of Terry’s chelsea’s ex-team mate Wayne Bridge.

Fabio Capello said: “As a captain with the team, John Terry has displayed extremely positive behaviour. However, I have to take into account other considerations and what is best for all of the England squad. What is best for all of the England team has inspired my choice. John Terry was notified first.”

Fabio added: “When I chose John Terry as captain, I also selected a vice-captain (Ferdinand) and also named a third choice. There is no reason to change this decision. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the FA, particularly Lord David Triesman and Ian Watmore for allowing me to make this decision in my own time and in the best interest of the team.”

Terry added: “I fully respect Fabio Capello’s decision. I will continue to give everything for England.”

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Ryan Giggs, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic and Edwin van der Sar are nominated, along with Cristiano Ronaldo, who could become the first player to win three times in succession.

The voting process for PFA player of the year is interesting. The voting process goes as follows: ballots are sent out to each club’s PFA representative and once all his team-mates have voted he sends the ballots on to the scrutineers. You are not allowed to vote for your team-mates and if you don’t vote, your team-mates will not be eligible to win. This means the vote is fairly comprehensive, especially as PFA membership is pretty much 100 per cent.

Gerrard could benefit from a split vote for United players as David Ginola did during the 1999 treble-winning season, a fact which still irritates Sir Alex Ferguson.

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