Both Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq and India vice-captain Rahul Dravid reacted angrily to the suggestions.
This was a move of Captain-Kirk-like chutzpah on the part of chief executive Mitchell Gold, because the two late-stage studies the company had conducted had both, by the measures of clinical trial statistics, failed.
Now is the time for the England Under-20 captain - who starred for his country in this year's Toulon youth tournament - to move to the next stage and battle for a place in the first team.
His last game for Arsenal was May's FA Cup final when Arsene Wenger's side beat Southampton 1-0 with Seaman - captain for the day - making a stunning save in the match's closing stages.
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Down to 10 men, losing 2-0 and without their inspirational captain - Tevez has scored seven of his team's 12 league goals this term - City looked a beaten team and their fans were soon heading for the exits.
Players like 29-year-old captain Philipp Lahm and 28-year-old midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger had been at the heart of Germany's revival on the world stage without ever winning club soccer's highest honor.
With this reshuffle, Mr Hague has brought into his shadow cabinet new people who may be talented and may shine (such as Theresa May to education and employment, Bernard Jenkin to transport), while moving some round pegs to round holes (ex-Captain Iain Duncan-Smith to defence, Dr Liam Fox to health).
Robertson's black-lump adventure began in 1969 after he graduated from the University of Texas, where the 6-foot-1-inch linebacker was an All-American football player and captain of the Cotton Bowl-winning 1968 team.
The former Republic of Ireland midfielder is likely to be assisted by youth coach Joe Gallen - brother of club captain Kevin - for this Saturday's game against Millwall.
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When Shoaib Malik was appointed to succeed Inzamam-ul-Haq as captain, some senior members of the side wanted compensation with one of them being made vice-captain, but that job went instead to another youngster, Salman Butt.
Sale Sharks hooker Andy Titterrell is a certainty for the trip, while Woodward and his coaching staff are also looking closely at Leeds scrum-half and England Under-21 Grand Slam captain Clive Stewart-Smith.
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South Korea, silver-medallists in 1988 and 1996, earned a last-minute goal through captain Kim Seong-Eun, but it was not enough to keep them in contention for the semi-finals.
Phil Vickery, Simon Shaw, Josh Lewsey, Joe Worsley, Serge Betsen and Raphael Ibanez - Dallaglio's successor as captain - have nearly 400 Test caps between them.
After kicking off proceedings with a chat with Europe's Ryder Cup-winning captain Colin Montgomerie - who collected both the team of the year and coach of the year awards during the ceremony - the boys quickly rattled through a stellar list of interviewees.
Malan was lucky to escape when he also edged a drive but Rikki Clarke spilled the chance diving in front of Chris Rogers - who has just replaced him as captain - at first slip.
The experiment is still a work in progress, but a mixture of youth and experience came up trumps on Sunday as 22-year-old midfielder Jordan Henderson and veteran captain Steven Gerrard -- with a 60th-minute penalty after Luis Suarez was fouled -- replied with the goals that lifted seventh-placed Liverpool to within five points of European qualification.
Day one's post-mortem is likely to focus on run-shy captain Vaughan's first-ball dismissal and the recalled Paul Collingwood, whose technical deficiencies were once more apparent as he again failed, this time for four.
Having only rejoined his team-mates at the start of the week after returning from Sydney following the break-up of his high-profile relationship with Bingle, the Australia vice-captain batted with assurance and maturity to guide Australia from 115-3 to their commanding position at the end of day one.
Malinga then removed two key men - Hemp and captain Irvine Romaine - and was unlucky to be denied a hat-trick after Janeiro Tucker survived a big shout for lbw.
"For me the men we are missing at the top of the order are Marcus Trescothick, who's an absolutely fantastic player in this form, and may Warwickshire team-mate and captain Darren Maddy - the most successful Twenty20 player in this country, " said Giles.
Today, he's a 44-year-old captain for the department and a member of the city's incident-management team, a small, highly trained group set up after Sept. 11.
De Marigny opened the scoring with a third-minute penalty, before the Dragons suffered a blow as captain full-back Kevin Morgan left the field 10 minutes later with a knee injury.
The 31-year-old former Arsenal captain Gilberto has ended his six-year spell with Arsene Wenger's side after passing a medical in Athens.
Liverpool's captain - and indeed the rest of Anfield - was infuriated when referee Howard Webb ignored what looked highly presentable penalty claims as he fell under challenge from William Gallas.
However, Ponting is confident he has enough slow-bowling cover with leg-spinner Smith and vice-captain Michael Clarke, who has 21 Test wickets.
Title-winning captain Dale Benkenstein stepped down as skipper, to be replaced by Will Smith - while at the other end of the country, an era has ended with long-serving captain Chris Adams leaving Sussex to become cricket manager at neighbours Surrey.
"We've been playing well ever since the warm-up matches in St Vincent, " the 32-year-old captain said.
With both Strauss and Bell scoring well, it means the only members of the top six not to have scored a half-century in the warm-up matches are captain Michael Vaughan and all-rounder Collingwood.
The injury-prone 33-year-old Roma captain retired from international play after lifting the world Cup in Germany.
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