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Terry To Lead England

After a pretty grim week, John Terry has been given the welcome boost of the captaincy for tonight’s game against the USA. The announcement came, as expected, by the England manager yesterday, who reckon’s he’d already decided it before Terry’s Champions League slip. Personally I think he’s a sentimental old sod really. In handing back the captaincy, albeit temporarily, Capello said “I think at this moment it is a good decision for John Terry after the not good situation on Wednesday.”

Terry had previously worn the armband under McClaren but his badboy image for Chelsea didn’t go down too well with Capello, who subsequently let Ferdinand try it on for size.  And Terry shouldn’t get too comfy wearing it either, because it might be on a different arm again in the game against Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday, with Capello happy to play pass the parcel a bit longer.

With a permanent skipper set to be named by the time England play their last friendly before the World Cup qualifiers against the Czech Republic in August, Rio seems to be the bookies favourite. Personally, if I have my Chelsea head on, I’d give it to Terry but from a purely England point of view, I’d be happy to see either of them lead England out.

For tonight’s game though, I think Capello’s played a blinder. There’ll be no-one out there with a bigger point to prove than the captain and I think the England manager summed it up nicely:

“I think it is very important to be a leader and John Terry is a leader”.

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