Will Capello give Chelsea’s blubbering captain the England armband?
by stresster on May 26th, 2008
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It appears that crying gets you everywhere as far as international football is concerned. Despite being involved in a number of unsavoury incidents this season (on and off the pitch), it appears that John Terry could be leading out the England team against Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday.
The Times reports that the Chelsea skipper was nothing short of distraught after his penalty miss in the Champions League final and the Italian manager of England (a contradiction in terms) might look to boost his morale by giving him the armband. Sympathy vote or what?
Fabio Capello, the England manager, is leaning towards giving John Terry a badly-needed lift after his Champions League final trauma by naming him as captain for the friendly against the United States on Wednesday. Capello is concerned that Terry is still suffering a crisis of confidence after the penalty miss that cost Chelsea the biggest prize in European club football.
It’s unclear as to whether Capello is a big fan of ‘Have I Got News For You’, where the quizmaster is rotated on a weekly basis. However, it doesn’t appear to be doing anyone any favours with this crazy policy of ‘guest captains’ for each match. It’s also questionable as to whether Terry is in a sound enough mental state to be captaining his country after the events of last week.
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Tagged Under: capello, Chelsea FC, England, fabio capello, john terry, terry
Anonymous - May 26th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Terry should be captain PERIOD. No better leader out there then him.
Anonymous - May 26th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
“However, it doesn’t appear to be doing anyone any favours with this crazy policy of ‘guest captains’ for each match”
why not? the friendlys mean nothing. capello has spent about 6 days with his squad, so how is he supposed to know already who his captain is?
what is he suppose to do? let the media and reputation pick his squad/team/captain like the smiling media whore mcdonut and all his predecessors?
Anonymous - May 26th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Rio has been the best defender in Europe this year. He has earned the armband for now. Sod giving it to a “man’s man” to make them feel better!
Anonymous - May 26th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Terry is not a particularly good leader. he is good at being a thug and chasing and harrassing refs though. Gerrard is a better leader. I don’t think either of them are the best option though.
manutd_4_eva - May 26th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Pls Capello, dont give it to him. We wanna see him cry again. Hahahahaha
jim selbie - May 26th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
I would suggest that Mr.Terry find work well away from English football. I f he isn´t able to control his emotions when losing a game of football after Corageously attempting to score a goal, then blubbering like a 13 year old school boy for failing to win the game as per Captain Marvel. Then I feel sure the comments
( and the baby presents) he will be “in for” around the Premiorship will reduce him to even further childish behavior Could Chelsea have a person of his temperment acting as their leader. I firmely believe he has no future in the International team let alone to be the Captain of our nation. The pictures I have seen of the SNOT blowing at, and on to Tevez, would convince me even further in my belief. I,m sure there could be a place for him in the lower leagues of Italian Soccer
iceycalm - May 27th, 2008 at 11:02 am
capello wants john terry as captain about as much as he would like to see his wife parading about london with hipster jeans on and her thong hanging out the top.
it will always be an issue of class with fabio and terry has none. his antics on wednesday gifted the armband to rio. on a platter. sep blatter.