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The John Terry Appreciation Thread

Maksimov said:
Yeah, but surely they aren't demanded to wrap themselves in cotton and live inside a protective bubble during their free time? I'd understand the team getting upset about something like BASE jumping, but not holiday activities like the tandem skydive. Many footballers play golf. You're more likely to injure yourself on the golf course.
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I remember jt saying one time he wasn't aloud cut he's own toe nails. Lol

 
mad_mac said:
I posted this in the Jose thread as I thought there was an interesting take in tehre from a youth player about their confidence under Jose.  However, it also talks about JT and his time with the kids, and how he should remain at the club due to this and the ties to the fans

http://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/2016/3/27/11312740/ruben-sammut-chelsea-interview-hiddink-mourinho
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Seen so many stories like this over the years from lads who came through the academy. Same goes for the letters to fans that occasionally get posted to social media from JT.

Right now he is the heart and soul of this club and the failure to either re-sign him or replace what he means to the supporters is one of the biggest failures of the Roman-era.

The gulf he will leave is huge.

 
PloKoon13 said:
Hodgson: JT is exactly what England need right now:

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/mar/30/england-missing-john-terry-defence-roy-hodgson
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Got to say that's a complete twist on what he actually said.

He was asked if JT could be approached to play and he replied more or less no as he's retired now and wasn't in his thinking. He said the team ideally needed a left sided centre half but didn't have any good enough.

The Sun headline writing by the Guardian there.

 
A subtle way to ask JT to reconsider retirement without actually saying it perhaps. Would be fitting if JT came out of retirement to play in the Euros, but conversely will make the club look like mugs if we let him go and he plays a blinder.

 
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I think it would perfectly complete his rehabilitation in the public eye if he were to be recalled. He seems to be widely viewed as one of the top defenders in the league still, which raises questions about what the f**k the board is doing not giving him a contract, ad one last tournament would be the perfect way to end his international career.

I don't think it will happen though which is a shame.

 
Zeta Orionis said:
Complete his rehabilitation? The public hate him just as much now as ever...
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I respect your opinion but I don't agree with it in the slightest. The guy has kept his nose clean for the last 4 years or so and been widely acknowledged as the best centreback in this country over that period. 

 
If he doesn't go as a player he should at least go as a defensive adviser to the likes of Stones, as he could do wonders in teaching him what Martinez has failed to.

 
ShedEnder91 said:
I respect your opinion but I don't agree with it in the slightest. The guy has kept his nose clean for the last 4 years or so and been widely acknowledged as the best centreback in this country over that period. 
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By pundits maybe, not the public.

 
Zeta Orionis said:
By pundits maybe, not the public.
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Like I said, I can respect if that's been your experience but for me football supporters seem to widely respect for what he's accomplished off the pitch. Sure there's always going to be that segment of the population who will only ever know him for the tabloid crap but I'm not particularly concerned with their opinions.

From what I can see he's done a fantastic job coming back from those darker moments and this would just cement that.

 
ShedEnder91 said:
I respect your opinion but I don't agree with it in the slightest. The guy has kept his nose clean for the last 4 years or so and been widely acknowledged as the best centreback in this country over that period.
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People hate him still, social media proves it, see it all the time on things like Facebook twitter and general forums.

Even the ones who are big enough to admit he is one of, if not the best PL defender ever, there usually follows a big 'But...' and you get all the usual Wayne Bridge, full kit w**ker etc sh*te come pouring out.

 
Blue Exile said:
People hate him still, social media proves it, see it all the time on things like Facebook twitter and general forums.

Even the ones who are big enough to admit he is one of, if not the best PL defender ever, there usually follows a big 'But...' and you get all the usual Wayne Bridge, full kit w**ker etc sh*te come pouring out.
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OK, like I said I respect that's your experience but it's not everyone else's.

'Social media proves it' might be my new favourite phrase though.

 
ShedEnder91 said:
OK, like I said I respect that's your experience but it's not everyone else's.

'Social media proves it' might be my new favourite phrase though.
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Unless you have direct contact with the millions of football fans in this country....I'd say it's probably the way of gauging the true feelings. Unless you are going to base other people's feeling on your own?
 
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Blue Exile said:
Unless you have direct contact with the millions of football fans in this country....I'd say it's probably the way of gauging the true feelings. Unless you are going to base other people's feeling on your own?
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Like I said, I can only go by my own experience. Is he universally loved? No, but he's rehabilitated his image to a large extent and that deserves recognition.

 
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