Mings wasn't fully fit to play, wasn't dropped.

Gerrard said that he wanted to put his own stamp on the "Captaincy". He saw Mings as Deano’s Captain. Sounds a little insecure to me, but boys will be boys.

Stick to just one Capt. Appoint others temporarily when required. You could appoint Captain Fkin Birds-eye, and make em all VCs, keep em all happy. Do they all get little “Prefect” and “Head Boy”, badges?

P.s. Sorry for gender shaming the "Head Boy badge", that should have read “Head person who doesn’t bleed” badge.