John Terry's been a bad boy!

[Football Fan 0]

Look, this didn't happen yesterday. It's old news, it's just that it's only just hit the press.

It was a girlfriend of Bridge, not his wife.

And she dumped Bridge for, apparently, playing away himself.

So over-reaction is best left to the tabloids.

This has NOTHING to do with being a good captain for Chelsea or England. Terry has broken no law.

[Aesthetic Relic 301]

You don't think about the consequences at the time, she is more guilty in my view the woman always is more guilty.

Thats due of their special powers to entice men into bed......

JT knew exactly what he was doing and is as much to blame as the the girl mentioned.

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

Thats due of their special powers to entice men into bed......

JT knew exactly what he was doing and is as much to blame as the the girl mentioned.

Unfortunately only men face the prosecution.

[Aesthetic Relic 301]

Unfortunately only men face the prosecution.

He's not being prosecuted....just slated in the papers for shagging around when he should have known better.

If you're talking about in general ie...rape(Which JT is not being accused of)....then as far as I'm aware the vast majority of rapes go unreported,and those that do its something like 90% in favour of the accused as its one persons word against another.

Edited January 29, 2010 by Aesthetic Relic

[zolayes 14,489]

Look, this didn't happen yesterday. It's old news, it's just that it's only just hit the press.

It was a girlfriend of Bridge, not his wife.

And she dumped Bridge for, apparently, playing away himself.

So over-reaction is best left to the tabloids.

This has NOTHING to do with being a good captain for Chelsea or England. Terry has broken no law.

you sound like the voice of reason ..you will never make a journo

[misschief 24]

This has NOTHING to do with being a good captain for Chelsea or England. Terry has broken no law.

So bad publicity has no bearing on his captaincy at all? Cant see Capello sharing that opinion somehow.

[Drogba11CFC 108]

Well when we strip it down to the basics, where a man chooses to put his penis is not really the general public's business. (Unless it's an illegal activity of course)

[anathemadelight 1]

Players private lives should stay that way as far as I'm concerned, and as far as the captaincy goes I think he should keep it. But if what he's done has affected his relationship with the rest of the team, if they've lost respect for him or no longer have faith in him, that's another issue altogether. If they don't want him to be captain then he shouldn't be. Same goes for England, I suppose. But I don't really care about England.

[Though I think image may end up being way more important on the England front.]

Edited January 29, 2010 by anathemadelight

[Aesthetic Relic 301]

Players private lives should stay that way as far as I'm concerned, and as far as the captaincy goes I think he should keep it. But if what he's done has affected his relationship with the rest of the team, if they've lost respect for him or no longer have faith in him, that's another issue altogether. If they don't want him to be captain then he shouldn't be. Same goes for England, I suppose. But I don't really care about England.

[Though I think image may end up being way more important on the England front.]

If you're in the public eye then you're there for the taking imo. Thats the way the media operate.

I dont think it has affected the relationship of the players. This came out a while back and alot of people within the club and other folk obviously knew about it and were told to keep it under wraps. If it hadn't of came to light we'd be none the wiser and the unity of the players wouldnt be questioned as they appear to be right behind one another.

What it has done is put a black mark against him as a person. If he does get stripped of the captaincy for England then I would understand why. He's an iconic figure and kids will look up to him. Wether or not it will affect his Chelsea captaincy remains to be seen....I dont think it will come to that, but the first 50/50 between Terry and Bridge will be interesting to say the least.

[boshman 1,073]

I don't know when this story came out but i think it is interesting that every controversial headline about John Terry recently, i seem to remember him making a statement defending himself etc.

Like i said... i'm not sure when this story came out but JT has put out no statement which suggests to me this may be true.

On the whole image thing... I think Drogba11CFC sums it up perfectly. It is none of our business where John puts himself so to speak. If this is true then i suppose his image will be tarnished but it has nothing to do with his leadership or ability on a football pitch so therefore don't think he will have to relinquish the England captaincy and he has nothing to worry about with the Chelsea captaincy.

[Football Fan 0]

Well, City and Chelsea have already met since this incident.

Terry is the captain of England because of his leadership ON THE PITCH. The captaincy isn't a popularity contest, and it's not a matter for the Public Relations department. It should be assigned due to the influence of the player concerned. Terry has shown time and time again that he'll put his body on the line for the game of football. He's played through pain, public accusations before now, during the good times with Chelsea and the bad.

If England and/or Chelsea turn against him because he allegedly slept with a lingerie model, well it would be ridiculous. Why would Gerrard, Rio, or Rooney care about it? What are they, saints?

Basically stories like this are designed to get people over-excited until the next celebrity deathmatch comes up. As soon as someone else comes along that can be assassinated, they'll jump on that bandwagon.

Terry, on the other hand, will do what he always does. He'll work through the pressure and do hid talking on the pitch. He'll be there tomorrow with the rest of the boys, giving Burnley a hard time.

What we're talking about here are someones morals. And for the tabloids such as News of the World and The Sun are so concerned about that, maybe they should cut out the Page 3 girls and shots of topless women every day/week. Hardly good morals, is it?

But it is errant hypocrisy.

[boshman 1,073]

Well, City and Chelsea have already met since this incident.

Terry is the captain of England because of his leadership ON THE PITCH. The captaincy isn't a popularity contest, and it's not a matter for the Public Relations department. It should be assigned due to the influence of the player concerned. Terry has shown time and time again that he'll put his body on the line for the game of football. He's played through pain, public accusations before now, during the good times with Chelsea and the bad.

If England and/or Chelsea turn against him because he allegedly slept with a lingerie model, well it would be ridiculous. Why would Gerrard, Rio, or Rooney care about it? What are they, saints?

Basically stories like this are designed to get people over-excited until the next celebrity deathmatch comes up. As soon as someone else comes along that can be assassinated, they'll jump on that bandwagon.

Terry, on the other hand, will do what he always does. He'll work through the pressure and do hid talking on the pitch. He'll be there tomorrow with the rest of the boys, giving Burnley a hard time.

What we're talking about here are someones morals. And for the tabloids such as News of the World and The Sun are so concerned about that, maybe they should cut out the Page 3 girls and shots of topless women every day/week. Hardly good morals, is it?

But it is errant hypocrisy.

Agreed with every word.

[misschief 24]

You know what gets me? I love Chelsea, always have and always will but that doesn't mean I can't accept when a player of ours is out of order. And yet there's so many blue-tinted specs round here, it seems our players are are forgiven just about anything.

What sort of argument is 'he can put his dick where he likes'? Get real. He's not only an extremely high profile professional footballer, he's the Chelsea AND England captain ffs. The fact that he's there to be shot down comes with the territory and he's actually giving every scum journo and every scum opposition the bloody ammunition to do it with.

Haven't any of you sussed it yet? It isnt just JT that gets shot at - its us and its our bloody club!

[Kez 2,727]

He doesn't let this bad press effect his performances on the pitch, he's a leader on the pitch he gives his all for the shirt.

Nobody is perfect everone makes mistakes but his are highlighted so much because of who he is. & the press seem to be after him. The English press especially in a world cup year are highlighting all his mistakes trying to knock him off his perch.

As for stripping him of the captaincy because of this is a ridiculous thought. He's a leader on the pitch who are we going to give it to

Gerrard who beats people up in bars?

Rio who misses drug tests?

What JT has done may be wrong but its not illegal and he hasn't broken any rules of the game.

[Term-X 7,891]

hopefully this wont effect his performance.

[Kajo 176]

His mother in law was stilling his dad selling drugs i think what don't kill him gonna make him stronger. I think he already now how to deal with situations like this he is a proffesional player !

[gary gordon 1,777]

Wow just saw a photo of Vanessa Perroncel. Nice work lad!!!! Fuck the press and morals, i hope he had a ball...

[Alee. 182]

Was shocked when i read this

Better not lose the captaincy.

Edited January 30, 2010 by Alee.

[Ray. 217]

This is the Sun for Fucks sake we're talking about. They always beef a story up and get things out of proportion. As some other people have said it's not illegal what he's done. I think it's a case of what he does in his private life is his business, yes it's embarrassing for him, for us, but I don't think it should warrant him losing his captaincy. As long as he performs 110% on the pitch then that's what matters.

[Steve 10,227]

If this is true i think he is very stupid mainly for the fact that he has a family at home waiting for him. But at the end of the day its not really any of our business what he does in his private life. Just as long as it doesn't effect him on the field.