Thursday, 4 November 2010
Friday, 5 February 2010
John Terry has been stripped of the England captaincy
The Football Association have confirmed John Terry has been stripped of the England captaincy following allegations over his private life.
Terry's future as skipper of his country has been the subject of intense speculation ever since allegations emerged that he had an affair with England team-mate Wayne Bridge's ex-girlfriend.
The Chelsea star met with England coach Fabio Capello at Wembley on Friday afternoon to discuss his future as captain in the wake of the reports.
There have been calls for Terry to lose the armband from sections of the media as it has been claimed more revelations are set to be exposed.
The FA made it clear Capello alone would decide Terry's fate and the Italian has decided to take the captaincy away from the 29-year-old.
Peter O'Rourke
Capello was aware the matter needed to be dealt with prior to his departure for Warsaw on Saturday ahead of Sunday's Euro 2012 draw and reports suggest the meeting only lasted 12 minutes as Capello delivered the bad news.
Best interest
A statement from Capello read: "After much thought, I have made the decision that it will be best for me to take the captaincy away from John Terry.
"As a captain with the team, John Terry has displayed extremely positive behaviour. However, I have to take into account other considerations and what is best for all of the England squad.
"What is best for all of the England team has inspired my choice.
"John Terry was notified first.
"When I chose John Terry as captain, I also selected a vice-captain and also named a third choice. There is no reason to change this decision.
"I would like to take this opportunity to thank the FA, particularly Lord David Triesman and Ian Watmore, for allowing me to make this decision in my own time and in the best interest of the team."
Ferdinand
Terry has received support from Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti with the Italian claiming it was business as usual for the club captain in training ahead of Sunday's clash with Arsenal.
The news throws England's plans for the World Cup into disarray with Capello now forced to appoint a new captain for this summer's tournament in South Africa.
Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand, who was overlooked for the job after Capello took charge in 2008, will assume the captaincy despite his injury problems this season.
Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard, who skippers the Anfield outfit, will be vice-captain and will take the armband if Ferdinand is out of the side for any reason.
Terry's future as skipper of his country has been the subject of intense speculation ever since allegations emerged that he had an affair with England team-mate Wayne Bridge's ex-girlfriend.
The Chelsea star met with England coach Fabio Capello at Wembley on Friday afternoon to discuss his future as captain in the wake of the reports.
There have been calls for Terry to lose the armband from sections of the media as it has been claimed more revelations are set to be exposed.
The FA made it clear Capello alone would decide Terry's fate and the Italian has decided to take the captaincy away from the 29-year-old.
Peter O'Rourke
Capello was aware the matter needed to be dealt with prior to his departure for Warsaw on Saturday ahead of Sunday's Euro 2012 draw and reports suggest the meeting only lasted 12 minutes as Capello delivered the bad news.
Best interest
A statement from Capello read: "After much thought, I have made the decision that it will be best for me to take the captaincy away from John Terry.
"As a captain with the team, John Terry has displayed extremely positive behaviour. However, I have to take into account other considerations and what is best for all of the England squad.
"What is best for all of the England team has inspired my choice.
"John Terry was notified first.
"When I chose John Terry as captain, I also selected a vice-captain and also named a third choice. There is no reason to change this decision.
"I would like to take this opportunity to thank the FA, particularly Lord David Triesman and Ian Watmore, for allowing me to make this decision in my own time and in the best interest of the team."
Ferdinand
Terry has received support from Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti with the Italian claiming it was business as usual for the club captain in training ahead of Sunday's clash with Arsenal.
The news throws England's plans for the World Cup into disarray with Capello now forced to appoint a new captain for this summer's tournament in South Africa.
Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand, who was overlooked for the job after Capello took charge in 2008, will assume the captaincy despite his injury problems this season.
Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard, who skippers the Anfield outfit, will be vice-captain and will take the armband if Ferdinand is out of the side for any reason.
Monday, 1 June 2009
Thursday, 28 May 2009
Thursday, 7 May 2009
Chelsea 1 - 1 Barcalona
This match was ridiculous. I didn't know Messi was bald, Norweigen and wears a whistle around his neck but he really is truely amazing!
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Season Over
Well it’s all over for another year according to manager Neil Warnock who has blamed the disappointing form since the turn of the year on injuries to key players such as Paddy McCarthy and Claude Davis. After returning from a group of fixtures that saw the Eagles pick up just four points from four games and has seen them drift from possible play off contenders to mid table mediocrity. They sit eleven points adrift of the play offs and are ten points in danger of sinking into the drop zone.
The post Christmas form that in the past has seen palace creep into the play offs at just the right time is now just a fond memory. The Burnley side that fought back to beat a palace side that led two nil reminded me too much of an Ian Dowie team I once knew. Burnley certainly showed signs of ‘bounce back ability’ while Palace fell victim to a dubious penalty decision, which of course left Warnock fuming, and crumbled. The few hundred fans who travelled that day did not only have to suffer a four two drumming but watched on as palace players marched off the pitch without a single salute, except midfielders Nick Carle and Neil Danns, towards the contingent of red and blue support. The normally appreciative Neil Warnock wasn’t even acknowledging the fans, this after, he had of course berated the referee and official for awarding the penalty.
After this game I, like Neil Warnock does now, thought the season was over but the impressive away win at Swansea the following Saturday had me rethinking. Until I was brought back down to earth by the defeat to relegation threatened Barnsley. Now I accepted the season was over.
The risk of being dragged into a relegation battle while at this stage is not a big issue may still happen. Tough fixtures against teams in the top half of the table as well as games against teams fighting it out at the bottom, combined with the poor form of late, could see that issue turn big, very big. After a much needed international break palace will return to face QPR, Coventry and Cardiff in eight days before travelling down south to St Mary’s to play a Southampton side who have lost just once in seven games. This time next month things could be looking much worse for Palace fans and missing out on the play offs may not seem so bad after all.
So thoughts turn to rebuilding for next year and with Warnock admitting that there will be little money to spend next season the aim for the summer must be on keeping hold of the young players. Players such as Victor Moses and Nathanial Clyne, who has emerged this season as another product of the youth academy, could be tempted by Premiership football next year. Hopefully they will learn from previous youngsters that have left Selhurst Park in search of top-flight football, the likes of John Bostock who has played a handful of games for Spurs and Wayne Routledge who again left for Spurs but after failing to impress has returned back to the Championship.
As for signings, a goal scorer is a must but with Chairman Simon Jordan wanting to sell it looks like they will sign no-one capable of taking Palace back to the Premiership. Warnock has said that ‘he is hopeful of making a number of Bosman free transfer signings of the summer’, some ambition. The 2009 summer transfer window will probably consist of the ‘one in one out’ system that palace have been using so far in 2009, where by a player has had to leave before another can be bought in, Darren Fletcher and Danny Butterfield made way for Claude Davis and Anthony Stokes. So unless the club finds a buyer before the end of the summer then Palace could be staring at the same situation this time next year.
Sam Ross, http://samross-aspiringtobe.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
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