John Terry

[Roquila 1,335]

HOLY FUCK! Hope this doesn't happen? WHAT? WTF?????????

[Spike 12,049]

29 minutes ago, CHOULO19 said:

Tbh, I genuinely did. My bad. 

Let me just clear the air with how I feel.

1. He is the best CB at the club.
2. The club has the right to release him.
3. I do in fact really like JT as the player but I'm unsure about his less than ideal actions in the past.
4. He shouldn't be approaching the situation like this. He should prove why he is the best by continuing to be so on the pitch.
5. He should have convinced them in private.
6. While he has his failings he is truly an inspirational part of the club.
7. His past actions have brought a lot of bad reputation to the club
8. He does have a larger then life presence at the club and could be seen as threatening by the board. It almost feels similar to how Fergie had a strangle hold on Man Utd.
9. It isn't the end of the world.

The only condition that makes this completely okay is if Ivanovic is sold and that remains to be seen. If this is the beginning of another rebuild of the club similar from 2011 to 2014 then I'm okay. I've stated before that during those years the club was building something up as an attacking teams, you can only look at some of the major transfers. Hazard, Mata, de Bruyne, Azpilicueta, Lukaku, Schurrle, Romeu, and Cahill among others.

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

3 hours ago, Leif said:

who at our club deals with player contracts anyway?

 

Michael Emenalo. 

[Styles 9,790]

29 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Could accept that apart from

1) He's the best defender we have, and sulking is not in his nature.
2) Last season played every minute of every game, fitness not an issue, he's never had pace, best reader of the game
3) No European football next year we'll struggle to attract the top signings
4) Giving Ivan a new contract on his current form and not giving JT a one year extension is ludicrous
5) We don't have a manager yet and the current one suggested last week a new one would be offered? So, who the fuck is making the decisions?

1) Best defender, sure. But then who is the competition? A young Zouma and Cahill. Not quite Maldini and Nesta.

2) This season he has struggled a lot.

3) No European football isn't a death sentence.

4 and 5) perhaps we actually do have a manager signed up for next season who is already making moves behind the scenes. Maybe he's the one who doesn't want Terry and wants to keep Ivanovic as a CB?!?!?!

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Fucking hell, JT can't ever go a season without making headlines can he?..

I don't really get it. 29 yo Cahill gets a long-term contract but doesn't play, Terry's 35 can't get a year and is playing every match.

Key's in the age though, 35 and the club's trying to make a massive improvement with average age in key positions. Been an honour watching this man lead us through the enormous uplift this club has endured over the decade, through the lows of Moscow to the highs of Munich (somewhat, see opening sentence )

He'll be back, that I've got no doubt about. He knows only Chelsea, he is Chelsea.

 

 

[Term-X 7,891]

Bitter blow for us, this is taking a massive chunk out of the actually 'identity' of the club. Kind of exciting to an extent, although it will take a long time to get over him, modern football won't make another JT, ever. That's that.

[Fernando 6,484]

Very sad news. I think he still good for another season. 

[LDN Blue 7,903]

1 hour ago, Pizy said:

This is what I think happen. This will serve as a slap to the backs of the heads of the people making decisions. 

I don't think so.

They did it with Lampard in 2013, but I don't think this is one they'll be doing. Lampard was contributing with goals and made a more obvious case than Terry will be able to, he's unfortunately dispensable for Chelsea now.

It's not like we can't say it wasn't coming. Drogba, Lampard, Cole, Drogba again and then Cech last season? The Champions League winning team is now over, the club has taken a lot longer than it should have to revamp this team. It's not even over yet.

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1 hour ago, Spike said:

You aren't changing my opinion on infidelity just because a lot of people do it. A cretin is a stupid person, and I think it is stupid to cheat. There ya go.

I already mentioned the bold part.

 

These are footballers we are talking about though, take away a few exceptions, and each single one of them is probably a dysfunctional human being for modern standards, from the illiterate, to the unfaithful, to the bully and so on and so on.

From the sound of things, Terry isn't a role model for how he leads his personal life and he's probably trying to get a reaction from the fans with those statements to the press, don't appreciate that much, but i doubt it's because of greediness/money.

That said, from a footballing point of view/his life as a professional, letting him go like this is outrageous.
It's like having the best civil engineer building your house, i doubt you'd care about his private life, but you'd go check his professional record.

[boshman 1,073]

The day he plays his last game will be torture. The tears will flow at SB if it is to be his last game against Leicester. 

We will never see the like of this great man again. The passion and commitment. The love for the club. He is right at the top as a legend for this club. He will have a statue like Ossie. 

We will see him back here as manager one day I am sure of it. 

Captain, Leader, Legend.

 

 

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

Can't wait until Sunday to be honest. Fans gonna put on a proper show, and make their voices heard.  

And the show goes on! Hollywood FC for the win!  

[Fulham Broadway 16,918]

11 minutes ago, Styles said:

1) Best defender, sure. But then who is the competition? A young Zouma and Cahill. Not quite Maldini and Nesta.

2) This season he has struggled a lot.

3) No European football isn't a death sentence.

4 and 5) perhaps we actually do have a manager signed up for next season who is already making moves behind the scenes. Maybe he's the one who doesn't want Terry and wants to keep Ivanovic as a CB?!?!?!

Good points -  but still reckon he's the best defender at our club by miles, and unless the Nigerian 'individual' or the next manager already has a handle on two fantastic centre backs it seems stupid.

I wouldnt want him to see out his career at SB if he was going to embarrass himself but I genuinely think he's worth at least another year..

Senior people at the club have been desperate to get rid of him for the last 5 years or so. AVB was the first one tasked with phasing him, Drogs and Lamps out. Benitez was following orders to try and work him out and it was only JM coming back that kept him here for another three years, or he'd have gone when Benitez did.

I'm sure in six months they'll be desperate to get him back like they were with Drogs. Meanwhile they let Petr Cech sign for Arsenal . You can detect a palpable disconnect now at SB between the fans and who runs the club, quite sad.

[cosmicway 1,333]

Great leader.
He will be sadly missed, like Didier.
But one hopes they know what they are doing and have an adequate replacement.

 

[LDN Blue 7,903]

4 minutes ago, boshman said:

The day he plays his last game will be torture. The tears will flow at SB if it is to be his last game against Leicester.

You'd kind of wish he'd go next season, make it a bit fairytale.

In all likelihood we move stadiums next year don't we? Terry along with old SB would go together. End on an era on both counts.

[Kieran. 6,317]

He will be back, but he never has to leave. I hope our travelling boys make their voices heard. And Stamford Bridge leaves the board quaking in their boots.

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

This is all part of Mikel's total world domination plan.

[Stats 7,059]

City need some defenders. Watch them do a Lampard, nick Terry from us and him scored a header next season against us. I called it. Can you imagine. Not a ludicrous thought considering Terry's amazing goal record for a defender.

[Thendo 1,088]

Dont even wanna think about it, but its very possible Ivanovic will be taking over the armband next season... What a state we're in.