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The John Terry Appreciation Thread

Forget best centre half chelsea have ever had, his longevity makes me think he's England's best centre half of modern era

 
England still missing this leader, the duo Cahill and Terry can give them a lot. What a player!

 
We are definitely not boring and if we do go on to win it, nobody’s going to remember the performances when perhaps it’s not been that exciting,” said Terry.

“We've dug deep and other teams haven’t, and that is why they are so far behind us. Possession is great. We could see that from the Manchester United game last week. Possession and tippy-tappy football’s great, but if you are not winning games you’re not going to win the league.”

 
ForeverCarefree said:
We are definitely not boring and if we do go on to win it, nobody’s going to remember the performances when perhaps it’s not been that exciting,” said Terry.

“We've dug deep and other teams haven’t, and that is why they are so far behind us. Possession is great. We could see that from the Manchester United game last week. Possession and tippy-tappy football’s great, but if you are not winning games you’re not going to win the league.”
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Hope Roman takes note of that this time.

 
Maybe one of the most underrated players of all time, In my life time the best defenders I have seen excluding JT, in no  particular order.

Desalliy

Maldini

Sammer 

Gallas

Canavaro

and a controversial one in Tony Adams 

Terry fits in to that list very easily and quite possibly tops it. Imagine if he'd been blessed with any kind of pace. As it is the fact that people have constantly named players like Pique in the "better the JT debate" does him a huge discredit. 

Without a doubt our best ever player and I have no idea how we replace him when he hangs them up.

You get the feeling this title means more to him then the rest, he must have one point wandered if he would ever win one again, back when the fat one used him sparingly.  (Another reason to hate the fat one) 

 
Along with Maldini he is the best I have ever seen.

He 100% the greatest centre back of the EPL era.

 
JT should have won player of the year imo. Nobody in the league has been as consistent as he has.

 
1905. said:
JT should have won player of the year imo. Nobody in the league has been as consistent as he has.
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Should have been in the nominations IMO, he's judged on off the pitch actions of years gone by which is a farce.

Eden I feel deserved it though, he has single handidly at times won us games...as has JT arguably with his defending too.

 
I have been happily proved wrong by JT form this season :biggrin:

Just shows what I know about football ! :blush2: :biggrin:

 
barak81 said:
Maybe one of the most underrated players of all time, In my life time the best defenders I have seen excluding JT, in no  particular order.

Desalliy

Maldini

Sammer 

Gallas

Canavaro

and a controversial one in Tony Adams 

Terry fits in to that list very easily and quite possibly tops it. Imagine if he'd been blessed with any kind of pace. As it is the fact that people have constantly named players like Pique in the "better the JT debate" does him a huge discredit. 

Without a doubt our best ever player and I have no idea how we replace him when he hangs them up.

You get the feeling this title means more to him then the rest, he must have one point wandered if he would ever win one again, back when the fat one used him sparingly.  (Another reason to hate the fat one) 
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Not controversial for me mate. Remember seeing him play once and realising what an excellent reader of the game he was. Just cut out everything at the front post with the minimum of fuss - much like JT.

JT is as good as ever and seems to have matured as well. Invaluable.

 
barak81 said:
Maybe one of the most underrated players of all time, In my life time the best defenders I have seen excluding JT, in no  particular order.

Desalliy

Maldini

Sammer 

Gallas

Canavaro

and a controversial one in Tony Adams 

Terry fits in to that list very easily and quite possibly tops it. Imagine if he'd been blessed with any kind of pace. As it is the fact that people have constantly named players like Pique in the "better the JT debate" does him a huge discredit. 

Without a doubt our best ever player and I have no idea how we replace him when he hangs them up.

You get the feeling this title means more to him then the rest, he must have one point wandered if he would ever win one again, back when the fat one used him sparingly.  (Another reason to hate the fat one) 
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Great post Barak. I agree with you that he is arguably Chelsea's best ever player.

I also worry about how we'll ever manage to replace him. Even if we eventually find a CB who comes close to JT in terms of ability, I think it's impossible to find a replacement for the player who is just as importantly the heart and soul of our club. An outstanding organiser, leader and inspiration to the younger players. Please God he can keep going at this level for another 2-3 years...

 
barak81 said:
Maybe one of the most underrated players of all time, In my life time the best defenders I have seen excluding JT, in no  particular order.

Desalliy

Maldini

Sammer 

Gallas

Canavaro

and a controversial one in Tony Adams 

Terry fits in to that list very easily and quite possibly tops it. Imagine if he'd been blessed with any kind of pace. As it is the fact that people have constantly named players like Pique in the "better the JT debate" does him a huge discredit. 

Without a doubt our best ever player and I have no idea how we replace him when he hangs them up.

You get the feeling this title means more to him then the rest, he must have one point wandered if he would ever win one again, back when the fat one used him sparingly.  (Another reason to hate the fat one) 
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 I think his lack of pace is what has made him such a complete defender. too many defenders with pace get caught out of position as they know they can always make it back with their pace, then when they're older and lose their pace they have nothing.

If you have no pace, you have to work harder on organisation and positioning, where terry excels. His lack of pace has forced him to become a great reader of the game which is why he has outlasted other defenders, like ferdinand, campbell etc. who probably had more pace but far less awareness

 
Pound for pound will go down as Chelsea's greatest ever player. Cut him in half and he bleeds blue!

 
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