Quidditch disruption and an opening for Ron...

[A.E.B.Bevan at open.ac.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 22024

One thing that was missed from GoF - and I think a 'brick' by JKR - 
is that AFAIKS there is no discussion at the beginning of GoF on the 
Quidditch team composition and most specifically on who is to be 
Gryffindor captain.  Wood after all famously had his last year at 
Hogwarts in PoA. Right up to the moment when the Triwizard tournament 
is announced in the First Feast, Harry and his Quidditch mad 
comtemporaries would surely have had lots to say about who was to be 
the next captain and who was to be the Gryffindor goalkeeper. 

The possibilities would have been right at the top of their minds 
especially during and after the World Cup... and potential conflicts 
here too. 

Harry must have wondered if he was in line for the captaincy.

Anyone know what position Ron favours in Quidditch? 

If he is a passable goalkeeper maybe he would be in line for the 
team. If Harry was captain he would have a strong voice in team 
selection. Conflict possibilities and one way of putting a plot wedge 
between Ron and Harry? 

A wedge for example if Harry did become captain and had two 
candidates for goalkeeper, one of them Ron, but neither so strongly 
superior in play as to make selection automatic then who does he 
pick? If the good of the team suggests not Ron....

One way for Harry to find out the loneliness of power? And how having 
power can crack friendships?

Anyway, unrealistically, the anticipation of all this is simply not 
covered in GoF (Ok it was long enough but ...) so the whole thing 
must come into book 5 surely???

Edis

(by 'brick' I mean a plot development opportunity that if either (if 
used) leads to future unintended complications or an opportunity 
missed at the time which leads to unintended complications later to 
rectify the ommission).