Fabio Capello sacked John Terry as the England captain due to his alleged affairs with fellow England team mate's girlfriend. His replacement?

Rio Ferdinand.

Oh the irony.

According to Capello: ""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.""

Personally, whilst I applaud Capello's hard line and discipline, I find the decision a tad bit harsh. Yes, John Terry is a bit of a **** but I dont see what a man's antics off the field has anything to do with his private life.

England fans - thoughts going into the World Cup?

It matters when he sleep with his team mates GF

As for England, the story is same every year.
Lots of promise and that's where the story ends.

I suppose it affects team morale if even a few of his teammates think lowly of him. But, yeah, Rio? Hmmm... let's see.

What I've not understood is whether said WAG was an ex before or after JT daliance... Anyone actually know?

Allegedly, before, but I suspect a lot more will come to light in the new days.

Sex is a dangerous game to play.

I think Capello bowed to pressure from the press. I personally dont like Terry, but i think it should not effect football. Rio replacement?not the best idea( and I am a United Fan).Who else do they have?

You are right - the media has been merciless.

Rooney I thought is a good choice. He has matured as a player over the years. No more throwing toys out of the pram and clapping in referees' faces.

Or Stevie G!!!!

I've seen it quoted that she was Wayne Bridge's ex-girlfriend, so what really did Terry do wrong apart from being married, which is not that uncommon (right or wrong)

Also she's apparently been with 5 of the chelsea team according to the Sun...

Also why publish it now, you're not telling me that this hasn't been known for a while internally as Terry had it gagged.

Also the press are meant to have scandal on pracitcally everyone, so again why publish it when we're so near to the World Cup.

Is selling papers mor important to the English press than winning the World Cup??

As I understand it she was already an ex. She has decided that it is best to keep quiet about it all. (or was persuaded to keep quiet)

The media are doing their best to ruin what little chance England had in the World Cup with this, as always. It was a bit of a non-story really.

I was thinking Rooney, but then i would( Red Devil) he just needs to calm down, he gives his all to a game, just like Becks did.

Not sure how Rio is going to be the captain when the way he has been playing or not playing in his case he'd be lucky to get picked....!

Agreed.
Scoring on the field is good for team morale.
Scoring off the field with WAGS is bad for team morale.
Simples!

Here's a few doing the rounds:
Capello's just phoned Wayne Bridge and said, "I've just spoken to JT and he's lost the captain's armband. Do me a favour and have a good look under your bed for me."

Ashley Cole was caught doing 104mph in a 50mph zone. When questioned by police as to why he was speeding he said, "l've just heard John Terry is parked outside my house."

One more:

In an attempt at reconciliation, Wayne Bridge gave his girlfriend a Cadbury's chocolate willy. She replied that she prefers Terry's.

Wayne Bridge has said he won't play in the same England team as John Terry because of the affair he had with his missus.....

Lets hope that John Terry hurries up and shags Mrs Heskey soon.

This is bigger than Terry: it's about libel and defamation law in the UK. Mega gagging orders as brought by Terry's lawyers (Schillings) heavily undermine freedom of speech. He knew the News of the World had the story and instead of 'fessing up and killing the story as early as possible, he ordered a super injunction against 'persons unknown'. This was proved wrong and is indicative of the continued serious infringement of liberty in the UK and the right of the media to report it. He didn't have any issues being centre of media attention when it suited his PR. Not giving the media notice of the injunction on the basis of claiming Terry didn't know anybody was to run with the story was fraudulent, thus there were no chances to oppose the ruling. Fiddle with the law at your peril.

Ultimately it made all involved look daft.

Come uppances, etc.

Sure there is a legal element to all this UM, but really, does it (the story itself) matter in this day and age?

Specifically, person has extramarital affair with someone who was an ex of a former colleague.

Point is, who gives? This is tabloid press - nothing more nothing less. This happens to thousands of folks every day, but you don't hear about it in the press. They spice it up with "ex-girlfriend" crap that has nothing to do with the story.

Personally, I couldn't give a monkey's chuff about football player's lives. Rather bluntley they are not the sort of people I look up to. They earn obscene amounts of cash doing very little - but that's derailing the thread, as I'm not going to fight market forces.

(I do enjoy a good game of football though, so it's not the sport itself I have an issue but the celebrity sh!te that goes with it...)

EDIT: PS: thanks to those who answered my question above...

The story itself I couldn't care less about (although accepting Father of the Year is somewhat hypocritical and he is a role model) but the law point is - pace, Shanks - "much, much more important than that.".

Libel lawyers are killing freedom of speech in the UK. The media were getting their revenge on Schillings and Terry himself. The game is bigger than the story and the team ought to be bigger than any one player.

I used to take the "adult" view until recently...

I was complaining to my son about not playing fairly with one of his mates, when I was told that it was OK as long as you don't get caught!..... he went on to the example of Thierry Henry in the Ireland/France match... Zidane against Italy and so on....

Now I think it does matter, it matters to all the 10 and 12 year olds who are still developing their own morale compass!

Jim

England having a chance of winning the world cup? You'd think they'd already won it after the announcement of the draw.

And how does this affect englands world cup chances? They're professional soccer players. They need to f***in harden up and stop being lame