I'm no lip reading expert but if you read what he's supposed to have said and then watch the video it looks like he did say it to me http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/oct/24/john-terry-anton-ferdinand-chelsea-qpr?newsfeed=true
It does. But I have read about this side of John Terry's character on occasions before, so it didn't surprise me. It's getting ridiculous though. They're being paid so much money and they know there are umpteen cameras watching their every move in these matches, you'd think that they could keep some of their antisocial behaviour under check for 90 minutes. He'll get away with it though, in the same way that all the players who routinely dive and play act never get into trouble when they are caught by cameras. Terry's comments aside, it's about time the FA started handing bans out to players caught diving and cheating, as it's the only sure way to stop it. The first game of the season Suarez did the new trick of kicking his own leg to bring himself down. We rewound the incident and watched it over and it was clear what he had done, and yet Hanson and his mates went on about how the defender should have been sent off. It's about time all this was exposed and dealt with to try to stamp it out. My guess is that Terry will get away with it though, with the evidence being considered inconclusive.
footballers are so stupid and arrogant that they think they will a) get away with it or b) won't be seen even though the morons know there are umpteen cameras. end of really
"Football" doesn't want to get rid of the diving and cheating though, because they all do it, or enjoy an advantage from it, so it has now become part of accepted culture. They will moan about it and pay lip service to it, but stamp it out? No chance. Some of the behaviour you see on a football pitch I would be embarrassed about, cringeworthy. If Barnsely FC went t1t$ up I would probably lose interest in football. Not the sport, I would still enjoy playing it (although I don't anymore unfortunately), but the industry of football, the professional game. It's a shambles.
Me too. I couldnt care less about the premier league or England, not only did I cancel Sky years ago but now hardly ever watch match of the day. If Barnsley went out nof business I would never watch another game of football. Its a case of love Barnsley, hate football.
Yes, I'm with you both on that. My real interest in football now begins and ends with BFC. I like to look at the league tables to see how my mates' teams have got on and I'll have a look at the odd controversial incident on You Tube, but even though I have Sky Sports I rarely watch any matches apart from ones where there is a realistic chance of a 22 man pitch brawl. If Sky Sports lose the boxing when the current deals all end next year (they've already more or less lost Frank Warren's promotions) I'd cancel it. Never bother with England games apart from in the major championships, where part of me out of habit wants us to do well, whilst also wanting us to lose, because the current players don't deserve to win the same medals as Charlton, Hurst et al. I grew up watching Kevin Keegan playing for England and, whilst he was no stranger to maximising his income out of the game, he'd have run through a brick wall to play for his country, as would most of that generation. Whereas England currently have some decent players, I don't think I've liked any of the players since Stuart Pearce hung up his boots.
I used to love watching England, it really meant something, on a par at least with what I feel for BFC. My feelings for the England team probably, understandably, peaked in 1990 but then they have slowly disappeared since. 1998 WC was probably the last time I had any real feelings for it, since then it just hasn't felt the same. Difficult to understand why, but there must be a reason and I think that the way the professional has gone has a lot to do with it. It is less about the sport and more about the money these days.
