Terry Saga Rumbles On

To even those with no interest in football, the John Terry saga will not have escaped anybody’s attention over the last fortnight. The (former) England captain is no stranger to negative tabloid press, but the recent scandal has cost him both his job and a respect among football fans. Many were shocked, not by the defender’s actual act, but his attempt to be granted a super injunction to prevent the story from ever being reported. Pundits and journalists seem are split as to what should have happened to Terry. All have their opinions on what this has done to England’s World Cup chances, which player should be captain and what will happen when Terry and Wayne Bridge inevitably play together again. In my opinion though, I believe Terry should have retained the England captaincy and in addition, I think in South Africa the Chelsea player will b wearing the captain’s armband. I am not trying to defend what Terry did; far from it; but the captain should be picked on purely football reasons and promoting Rio Ferdinand to captain and Steven Gerrard to vice-captain appears hypocritical. Both players have hardly been model professionals, with Ferdinand currently on a four-match ban for serious foul play and previously suffering from an eight-month ban for skipping a random drugs test. In addition, just last year Gerrard was arrested for and later cleared from GBH charges after assaulting a member of the public at a night club for allegedly not playing Phil Collins.