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john terry

The John Terry affair, if you will excuse the pun, continues with the declaration from Wayne Bridge that he has chosen not to play for the England team at the World Cup this summer and many so called England fans calling for the former captain to be dropped from the World Cup squad.

I do not often agree with FIFA chief Sepp Blatter, but his comment along the lines of ‘this could only happen in England’, for me, ring very true.

Personally I feel that England will have enough problems with the quality of players available, to have a chance of winning the World Cup in South Africa and leaving out key players is not an option for Fabio Capello. The way things are we have a serious chance of losing before a ball is kicked!

Listening to radio phone in’s it is obvious to me that there is a lot of  hate amongst football fans towards Terry, something I can only put down to the fact that he plays for Chelsea who many still consider to have bought success.

When it comes to the England team, fans should be united in supporting the best players that are available for their country and as far as I can see along with Rio Ferdinand (injury permitting) Terry is the best choice in his position.

While Terry has never been quite the same player since his back injury a season or two ago, he is for me still currently the best Englishman available.

I have always been a fan of Wayne Bridge since I first saw him play for Southampton and considered  that until the arrival of Ashley Cole he was the best left back in the country.

Throughout his career though Bridge has suffered more than his fair share of injuries, while Cole has managed to produce his best football since leaving Arsenal over this past season.

So already Bridge is second choice and his ‘retirement’ from International football may open the door for other hopefuls, but leaves England relying on at least a third choice player with little or no experience at international level.

Capello has already used the versatile Milner in the left back position and maybe that is the way he will go, but whatever way you look at it to win the cup we will need our best available players.

Regarding Terry, he is a footballer not a celebrity, but I wonder what the master of adultery George Best would make of it all. Back in those days most of us would have considered him a lucky so and so and patted him on the back!