Who's in charge?

As presaged in Friday's post, John Terry has lost the captainship of the England football team.  But wait a minute - that decision was taken by the board of the Football Association, not by the manager of the England team - in fact he has made it clear that he was not consulted, and I think it can reasonably be inferred that had he been, he would have argued against it.  Which of course raises the question - just what is the role of the manager?  Surely one of his main duties is to pick the team - including who should be captain?  So what right have the FA to go over his head in this way?  If I were Capello I would be sorely tempted to stick two fingers up to the FA and give the captain's armband to Terry anyway.  Either that, or sit back and invite the FA to pick the whole team, if they think they know best.