Same old Terry, always Cheating!

Anyone who knows me will vouch for the fact that I love football, perhaps an unhealthy amount.  I’ll be the first to stand up for the sport in the classic Football VS Rugby row and which is “better” – obviously rugby teams are full of people who couldn’t make the football team so went to the gym.  Anyway that’s not my point.  Everywhere we look at the moment, front page and back page news is dominated with J.T, John Terry.  At first I posted thoughts that his little affair shouldn’t matter in ‘footballing’ terms and that it was crazy the amount people seemed to care.  However, I recently asked if anyone wanted me to look at anything particular to write about and the response I got was the John Terry scandal.  So I did, and now I have changed all my opinions.  Except about rugby.

 

In short the sport is a bloody disgrace.  The sport is not full of sportsmen any more, but celebrities.  I heard a lady phone a radio station about the matter and told the broadcaster that her young son, a Chelsea fan, used to idolize Terry and now “is really upset that he’s not a nice man”.  That to me was fairly brutal.  Young boys, and girls for that matter, hold their favourite footballers in such high regard that any sort of let down can be pretty demoralizing.  We keep hearing the standard cheaters response; “everyone makes mistakes” and “his private life should remain private”.  It’s the latter that frustrates me the most.  We, as society are meant to celebrate and cheer whenever a footballer does something good, which is becoming a rarity, but not be told when he does something bad?  To hell with that, I say we continue the “witch hunt” that Stuart Pearce calls it.  The more negative attitudes we can show towards adultery, perhaps the less it will occur.  The amount of honourless, short of morals, dishonest and unfaithful people we are surrounded by is ridiculous.  John Terry is one of these people, and yet we are meant to feel confident in his ability to lead our country in a world cup?  Ridiculous.  I’d like to point out as well, that this is not his first offense, below is a brief breakdown of his career.

2001: Terry and his Chelsea team-mates Frank Lampard, Eidur Gudjohnsen and Jody Morris were accused of insulting behaviour in front of American tourists a day after the September 11 terror attacks on the United States. Chelsea fined each of the quartet two weeks' wages.

2002: Terry and Morris were charged with assault and affray following an incident in a London nightclub.
Both men were later cleared but Terry, then yet to make his England debut, missed that year's World Cup after the Football Association said they would not consider him for selection until the court case was concluded.
Chelsea fined both Terry and Morris for being out late less than 48 hours before an FA Cup third round tie at Norwich.

2009: Terry's mother Sue and mother-in-law Sue Poole were both cautioned by police for shoplifting.

2009: Terry's father Ted accused of passing drugs to an undercover newspaper reporter.

2009: A public relations company appointed by Terry's agents touted for commercial endorsements on his behalf based on his role as England captain.

2009: Terry caught giving unauthorised personal guided tours of Stamford Bridge at £10000 a time.

2009: Newspapers successfully challenged a gagging injunction which allowed them to report allegations that married father of two Terry had had an affair with the ex-girlfriend of former Chelsea team-mate Wayne Bridge, and forced the mistress to have an abortion.

I wouldn’t be surprised if this was merely 10% of our leaders misdemeanours.

 

I will offer another “however” though.  One aspect of football might mean that his affair is irrelevant, look at his teammates.  People have said that the team is full of potential captains, so as was requested of me, I had a look.

Steven Gerrard – England’s vice captain

Above is good old Stevey G living a stereotype. Lets assess Gerrard as a candidate for captaincy and what he stands for....violence.  Accounts of the event in question tell of Gerrard walking around to behind the bar to serve himself his own drinks with his friends.  The cocky, arrogant asshole, why should he be allowed to do that?  Then confronted about something completely frivolous by some other immature idiot, instead of realising his position in the public eye, and understanding the responsibility of his role, he quite literally beat the man to a pulp.  If you’ve seen the footage, you’ll agree that it’s actually quite brutal.  Obviously he got off, because money talks.

Wayne Rooney – England’s Star Man

Here he is, the scummy little chav.  Where do we even begin with this little Shrek.  The lad, who comes from a family including drug dealers, murderers and the general skanks of society is England’s great hope for the world cup.  Oh dear, what a great ambassador for the country, the individual embodiment of everything chav.  This guy likes to pay old prostitutes for sex.  Charming. "I now regret it deeply and hope people may understand that it was the sort of mistake you make when you are young and stupid," he said in a statement, I’m young, I’m stupid, I don’t shag granny brass you dickhead.  If he became captain, his idea of a team building exercise would be 40 Superkings, some cider, a fight and then spending the night in either the local brothel or retirement home.  What an excellent candidate.

 

Rio Ferdinand – Our ‘rock’ at the back

 

There he is, the man tipped to partner the lovely John Terry at the back.  What a team, the cheat and the criminal.  Awesome.  This fella’ loves to drink enough alcohol to float a battle ship and then drive home at crazy speeds with reckless abandon.  In 1997, he was caught drink-driving after celebrating his selection for the England squad. The result: banned from driving for a year, fined £500 and dropped from the squad. Ferdinand was dropped from the England squad again for Euro 2000 after a drunken holiday with England midfielder Kieron Dyer. The pair videoed themselves having sex with a series of girls.  Following this lovely incident, Ferdinand was also required to give evidence at Leeds Crown Court in the trial of a man accused of indecently assaulting a barmaid, the player admitted going on a drinking binge and jumping on a parked Land Rover. During the court case he also admitted drinking champagne with a convicted drug dealer known as Reds.  Don’t worry, there is more.  In a separate case he was banned from driving for six months after being caught speeding for the third time in three years. In June he was accused of manhandling a hotel employee at England's training camp in Spain.  Wait a minute, I’ve forgotten something…. Oh yeah he clearly loves a bit of powder. An independent tribunal found the Manchester United defender guilty of misconduct after he failed to take a test on 23 September, 2003.  He was then banned and ended up missing Euro 2004.  Mind you he probably loved the time off so he get some serious catch up with his mate Charlie.

These are the 3 main candidates according the press.  Others include Ashley Cole, who similarly to John Terry is about as faithful as an atheist investment banker and has as many morals as a certain Adolf Hitler.  Gareth Barry has even been touted, but ask Villa fans about his integrity and questions will be asked.  He also doesn’t seem to have the presence on the pitch to be a good captain.  It is apparent that the England football team is full of less than satisfactory members of our society, and this ultimately might be its saviour.  Lead by an unfaithful ‘gladiator’ we could go into battle with other nations with a team of animals.  Which combined with their undeniable skills as footballers means that this world cup may indeed be our best chance for a while.

At the end of the day John Terry has explained he didn't mean to have sex with Vanessa Perroncel - he just slipped while he was showing her how to take a penalty.