LDN Blue 7,903 Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Jones hails TerryManchester United defender Phil Jones has hailed John Terry as a "great leader and captain", and says the Chelsea skipper's presence in the England squad has not proved disruptive.Terry is currently being investigated by both the FA and Metropolitan Police for allegedly aiming a racist comment at Anton Ferdinand last month.He was included in the England party for the upcoming matches with Spain and Sweden, although he is not expected to play any part against the world champions, with Fabio Capello keen to blood younger players.Despite the potential distractions Terry is facing at present, Jones has backed Capello's decision to call him up. "It has been as normal," he said. "There has been a great team spirit in the camp and we are just looking forward to the game on Saturday. He's a great leader and a great captain and a great player."However, Jones was caught off guard by the decision to exclude Rio Ferdinand, his Manchester United team-mate and the brother of Anton. "It's surprising," he said. "Let's not kid ourselves. He's a fantastic leader, a fantastic player. He's got a lot of experience so hopefully he can push his way back into the [England] set-up again."Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart, another member of the squad, also said he expected Micah Richards to be selected. Richards has arguably been the Premier League's most impressive right-back this season, performing with distinction for table-topping City.Asked if he was surprised that Richards was overlooked, Hart said: "Yeah, but it's not up to me to pick the squads. If it was, my friends from school would be playing. Micah's been absolutely fantastic, he's given everything and I'm really proud of how he's done for Manchester City."He captained us against QPR... it's just unfortunate he's not in this squad, but he won't take it to heart. He'll keep on playing well and pushing to be in the squad."http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/982186/phil-jones-hails-england-captain-john-terry-as-a-%27great-leader%27?cc=5739Not sure Rio will appreciate that, but good on the kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drogba11CFC 108 Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Friday 11th November: FERDINAND BROTHERS EXPOSE PHIL JONES AS KLAN MEMBER -The Sun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igi26 346 Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Rio and John are friends. Why he would not appreciate that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,535 Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Absolutely.In my opinion the club have severely misjudged the situation. Ok so they identify the fans chanting at Genk -what exactly do they have to answer to ?Its more damage to club/fan relations. Wolves will be my last game for a while. To be honest I'm getting well fucked off with the Roman, yes men PR machine. Are they getting twitchy about Abramovichs court case ? If found guilty could he be deemed not fit and proper to run a football club ?It does seem more of a case to do what they feel they have to do to shut everything up and please the fa and show concern etc rather then whats right and all... And yeah exactly what can they say?Its daft really...Some pratt on BBC thing at the time was saying how the next games should be played behind closed doors as punishment kinda erm wtf!!! Our fans didnt go mental or anything! But that does seem to be the reaction to the chanting...some extreme omgnessNot saying its right to mention Anton and all cause kinda obvious what it implies in a way..possibly..but still if not racist words were said.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,312 Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 It does seem more of a case to do what they feel they have to do to shut everything up and please the fa and show concern etc rather then whats right and all... And yeah exactly what can they say?Its daft really...Some pratt on BBC thing at the time was saying how the next games should be played behind closed doors as punishment kinda erm wtf!!! Our fans didnt go mental or anything! But that does seem to be the reaction to the chanting...some extreme omgnessNot saying its right to mention Anton and all cause kinda obvious what it implies in a way..possibly..but still if not racist words were said....Thats the point. Once they go down the 'thats what was implied route' then you can get nicked or banned for anything. Thought police.Doubtless he'll get booed at Wembley.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 4,400 Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Rio and John are were friends. Why he would not appreciate that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kez 2,727 Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 It's good to hear the England players are behind JT anyway, & the FA have said Capello is free to use him today. Positive stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Nice to see Frankie backing JT up:When asked if Terry was a racist, Lampard said: 'That's a ridiculous question. No. Absolutely not. Absolutely not.'Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2060652/John-Terry-racist-says-Frank-Lampard.html#ixzz1dZisYx4V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulsterchelsea 3,221 Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 This is ridiculous , and I'd like to see them enforce ithttp://www.chelseafc...2511126,00.htmlCompletely driven by the media, a witch hunt.''Anton You Know What You Are'' - could mean........ youre a transvestite, you smoke joints and chill out with your bro, you're a wanker...etc .......Wheres the racism -the club doesnt have a leg to stand on imoa fella i know got scooped by plod last week going to balckburn because the fellas were all singing that... as soon as they stepped off the train they were collared and told that charges were to be made....crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,312 Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 JT Saying its his duty to face claims of racial abuse n shit.....http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15719318.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Nice one Craps, throw him to the lions.Good on him to come out clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francozola 2,040 Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Didn't really know where to post this but that cunt Suarez has been charged by the FA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Hmm. Appeal process should take a while before punishments are handed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,570 Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Hmm. Appeal process should take a while before punishments are handed out.How long? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDN Blue 7,903 Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 How long?Probably as long as it took for them to reach this verdict. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kez 2,727 Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Didn't really know where to post this but that cunt Suarez has been charged by the FAWhat was the punishment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,570 Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 What was the punishment?Still no punish... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Hopefully he's in the 'wrong frame of mind' to play on Sunday.... or we can get Ramires to follow him around shouting "white boy, white boy!" at him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warnie_666 1,081 Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 He may not play this weekend cus of his back problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 The JT affair is now no more than a disgraceful witch hunt ..Fuelled by a scum media and helped along by some Black ex players seeking publicity. IF JT did make a racist comment he deserves to be criticised but by no means by the level being meted out to him , A question I would like to ask the white journos to answer is this : would you prefer your daughter to marry a person of the same race or one from a different race. Members might like to consider what their choice would be. I have many Asian friends ...proud of their race and their cultures . Almost all I knowwould prefer their children to marry within their own race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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