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Monday, February 1, 2010

Should John Terry stay as England captain?



For those of you living in a cave, it was revealed this weekend that John Terry has been bonking the ex girflriend of Wayne Bridge, who is also the mother of Wayne's child. Some are saying that this act of betrayal will so undermine respect for John Terry within the England squad, Terry has to surrender his captaincy. Others argue that this is a private matter, which has absolutely no bearing on Terry's professional life. It is certainly a topic that will run and run in the countdown to South Africa.

My view is that although Wayne Bridge can be none too pleased at the revelations, if as reported his relationshop with his ex was well and truly over before her affair with Terry kicked off, Terry's acts, although a betrayal of his wife (for which she deservedly should red card him if she sees fit) but not a betrayal of his team mate. Bridge's concerns for his son are understandable, but Terry did do his best to gag the media. I do not want to see England lose a captain because of Wayne Bridge's hurt pride. If every footballer who had an affair was demoted, the conference would be full of world class talent.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

My view is that captaincy in modern football is unimportant, in comparison to sports such as cricket and rugby. John Terry's dirty secret does not put him in a good position to be depicted as a role model, so I think give the captaincy to Frank Lampard. Capello will call it, in my view its no big deal for JT to not be captain but to remain as a key player within the team.