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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I think Terry is a great leader but he needs to control himself and his team I think to improve his reputation for Capello and get the job permanently. His credentials as a leader though are not in doubt.
One thing that stood out in the Champions League final was the constant dissent shown by the Chelsea players. In his defence, at least this time Terry seemed to be trying to control them rather than leading it, but it was still unpleasant.
Man United have been a lot better lately, although I wouldn’t say that is necessarily down to Ferdinand. Its and area of the game that I would like to see cleaned up and Im pleased that Capello is taking it seriously as well
“I’m a big man, I like the big games and it was great to score,” said John Terry after England’s 2-0 victory over the USA.
Oh dear oh dear.