Jim on Captaincy - Ipswich Town News
New captain Jim Magilton has promised a change of leadership style now he has hold of the skipper's armband. Magilton has taken over from Matt Holland who said goodbye to his former team-mates yesterday.
Magilton looks likely to be more of a firebrand than the Holland ever was: "I will go about the captaincy in my own way. I expect high standards of myself and will look to lead the team with my personality.
"You can expect fireworks now and again and I will say my piece. Most people know what I'm like and I will say what I think, but there are no hard feelings afterwards.
"Sometimes I go off my head but I need that to gee myself up as much as anything, but I will try and keep level-headed."
The Northern Irishman welcomed Italian goalkeeper Matteo Sereni back to Portman Road after his loan spell with Brescia: "Matteo is very popular among the lads and we will treat him the same as anyone else.
"If he has a problem he can sort it out with the manager. We have always liked him and it is important for us just to get on with things and not treat him differently.
"He is a very good goalkeeper and not a problem in and around the squad. He is a very good professional and he will get on with his job and do the best he can."
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