I would like to welcome the audience to the future of football; yes, at last here is a complete website offering all the features your mind can handle. I am Cam Lennon, the newest columnist and vidcast panelist for Injury Time
Terry's been shown the door.
It is a privilege to be given the opportunity to share my views with you, the greater public, and as such I want to draw your attention to an issue that is dominating the sports pages, even the thugby-loving Telegraph having run a full-page story on it. I am of course talking about John Terry and his captaincy for the English national side.
Another thing that should be mentioned is my slight obsession for all things Chelsea Football Club, and typically I believe he should retain his captaincy, though not for the reasons you would think.
Quite simply, he is England’s and possibly the world’s finest centre back and also one of the best captains in the game, comparisons with Bobby Moore himself not uncommon, but more importantly these last few games have demonstrated why he should remain the skipper for the joint favourite team for the World Cup this year.
Against Hull his every touch was booed and yet, he was Chelsea’s finest defender. Carvalho the culprit for slack defending as the visitors lost out at a set-piece for the 15th time this season; JT made a number of crucial interceptions and his usual good distribution from the back was present despite the jeers. He is a man in intense pain as shown by his reaction to the home fans, however he was professional as ever and still near perfect when it came to being on the pitch.
Fabio Capello’s main debate will be whether this will divide the dressing room. However it is not looking likely, a number of England players and Under 21 England coach, Stuart Pearce, are in public support. Some are contemplating whether Bridge would play under Terry ever again, my response to that issue is, does it matter? Taking Bridge to the Cup after his City form would be a major risk; Leighton Baines or Stephen Warnock are equally talented, Baines perhaps more so, and they are getting regular game time so why include a player who is mentally and physically unprepared?
John Terry is worthy of a place in any starting line-up and of any captains armband, his off-pitch life should be private, including the (BREAKING NEWS) AU$7500 payments he has been receiving for use of the Captain’s box at Wembley, as according to the UK Daily Mail, which are strictly prohibited. These indiscretions should result in personal councilling, fines and perhaps a warning that any new offences will be treated as such and result in the stripping of the captaincy.
So yes, I do think that Terry has been imbecilic, but in the same vein can you imagine a 24 year-old who, only last year was sent off for throwing a tantrum (against Fulham, Paul Scholes was also sent off I believe), captaining a country with a true chance of World Cup glory when they are already blessed with Terry?
Once again, I feel honoured to be a part of this new and exciting time for our fine sport; feel free to comment and give your opinions, after all, that is what makes our sport so brilliant!
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