"With the benefit of hindsight I have to accept I made the wrong decision with the captaincy at the start of the season, but I firmly believe that the changes we have made today will benefit players individually and the squad as a whole.
“I have never been afraid to make a decision or to indeed recognise when I have got something wrong. When I do I take action, the opposite is to be stubborn and do nothing about it, that will never be something I am guilty of."