Lansbury was on Forest’s books when suffering his personal health scare, with the classy midfielderfilling captaincy duties across his five-year stint at the City Ground. Quizzed on the type of skipper that he wanted to be, the Arsenal academy graduate said: “Someone that led by example on the pitch. Obviously I had Chrissy Cohen in front of me and he was a great role model and such a shame that he had to finish early with his knees because he was someone that I really looked up to when I first went there and he welcomed me with open arms.
“Obviously taking the armband was amazing for me, but personally I wanted to do it on the pitch. I'm not really a shouter in the changing room, my motivation is for them to see me working hard on the pitch and I felt like I gave that to Forest.”
He added when asked if he has always favoured those that lead by action rather than words: “I think so, I like to see someone step up and really take the game. If you're wearing the armband, it does come with a bit more pressure because you are the captain of the team and you do have to perform.
“Some players do scream and shout to get themselves going but for me, I prefer someone that you look around, he's got the armband on and he's grafting, he's doing well, he's playing, he's doing everything and I feel like you get a positive connection off that when you're playing with someone like that.”