Always the bridesmaid, never the bride - think that's the third second place finish I've had in OcUK league
Agonisingly I actually swapped my C/VC over a couple of days beforehand; had I left De Bruyne as captain instead of Salah then I would've got 18 more points and taken the title, but I suppose everyone has those "what if?" moments over the course of the season. It was compounded by the fact Salah came on as sub, couldn't have predicted that, I don't think that's ever happened this season (every single gameweek, if he's played, he's played at least 69mins). I was wary of KDB maybe getting benched due to MC having loads of good midfielders and upcoming European games.
I do think the armband needs looking at, I think there should be a setting you can choose that says if your VC starts at least one match that gameweek and your captain doesn't, that you want to transfer armband to the VC. Several times I've seen myself (and others) get shafted by captains coming off the bench, you could argue it is skill or risk/reward in terms of choosing your captain, but I still think it would help to get people the option, making it a bit less lotto.