John Terry Is Still A Piece Of Trash

In case you forgot, John Terry would like to remind you that he is one of the biggest scumbags in all of professional soccer.

The Chelsea defender and mainstay of England's national team was stripped of his captaincy today with his country due to allegations of racism against Queens Park defender Anton Ferdinand.

I used to love Chelsea and Terry was my favorite player along with Frank Lampard but I have a hard time rooting for them and him while he's still a Blue.

England head coach Fabio Capello will reportedly try a rotation of captains, including Steven Gerrard of Liverpool, Lampard, Manchester City's Gareth Barry, Liverpool's Glen Johnson and Tottenham's Scott Parker.

The source says the Italian tactician will implement a system of rotating captains for England's games leading up to Euro2012. He will start with the current vice-captain, Gerrard, when England plays the Netherlands on Feb. 29.

"An England squad will be selected next week and is sure to include Steven Gerrard, which means he is most likely to be named captain for that game but, of course, there is no guarantee that he will be fit at the end of the month when the game is played," the report says.

Gerrard has played 89 times for England, and served as its captain at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He has been left out of the England squad since Nov. 2010, as he battled injuries for much of the next 13 months.

Capello re-installed Terry as captain in March 2011 -- he had been stripped of the role in Feb. 2010 after his alleged affair with a teammate's made headlines -- to lead England through Euro2012 qualification.

As we said when the first drama with Terry sprung up in 2010, before the World Cup, nobody does soap operas like England. The team is always supremely talented but either through bad management, chemistry or poor performance, they routinely come up short in international competitions. I expect Euro 2012 to be no different with the Three Lions doing down in flames well before the final.

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This has not been the best year of John Terry's life

It was bad enough that Chelsea did not show up against Sunderland last weekend (a pathetic 3-0 defeat) but now comes word that John Terry could be out for months with a back injury.

The star defender did not play last weekend in Chelsea's 3-0 loss to Sunderland in the Premier League because of a nerve problem that he has had since last season.

Terry also will miss Saturday's game against Birmingham and says his absence "could be weeks, it could be months."

He adds that his injury is at a point "where I cannot carry on with it."

The home defeat to Sunderland cut Chelsea's lead at the top of the Premier League to two points.

This is not good at all. Chelsea without Terry in the back is simply not the same team and if he's out for anywhere as long as he thinks, they are in trouble. True, they have enough talent to stay in the top four but I'm going to say they don't win the EPL if he's out for months.

Update: The drama queen is fine

What had initially been feared as another metatarsal fracture for an England international in the closing months prior to the World Cup appears only to be strained ligaments in the foot of John Terry.

With the FA Cup final on Saturday versus Portsmouth, Chelsea's only remaining game this season, the London club decided to take the precautionary route and put a protective boot on Terry's foot. Now it appears as if not only will Terry definitely still be fit for the World Cup, he looks to still be ready to play in this weekend's big match at Wembley Stadium.

In other Chelsea news the rumor mill is already starting to churn at Stamford Bridge.

There will sure to be plenty of summer splashes from many of the big boys, but one club that may be looking to dump players is Liverpool. Losing out on the Champions League and the extra millions of Euros the club had counted on, Liverpool is in dire financial condition at the moment and may need to sell off players to make up for the difference or at least give themselves some breathing room.

Additionally it had been long rumored that had the Merseyside club failed to qualify for the UCL, Spanish forward Fernando Torres would ask for a transfer to a club that was in the competition. Although Manchester City also failed to qualify for the UCL, they have been one talked about destination for Torres talking about making him one of the highest paid forwards of all time while also offering a potential record transfer bid.

However, the latest club to be mentioned in the same breath as Torres is Chelsea. Apparently Carlo Ancelotti will have plenty of money to play around with this summer, and the Blues are talking about a £70 bid for Torres, a move that would be welcomed by both Didier Drogba and Terry.

"I have heard the talk about Torres maybe coming in and I would welcome it, of course,'' Drogba said. "Every time there is a new player coming here it's making the club bigger and giving us a lot of strength. If there is a chance for him to come he will be welcome because any help is welcome!"

Drogba and semi-bozo Nicolas Anelka put up 51 combined goals this season at Chelsea, as Drogba won the golden boot with 29 goals in the English Premier League in 2009-10. But can you imagine a lineup that featured two of the top three forwards in the world. That would be an amazing tandem and something I would love to see even though I am a much bigger Arsenal fan.

Terry runs over Chelsea security guard

Yesterday wasn't a banner day for Chelsea captain and English defender John Terry.

After the Blues were knocked out of the Champions League round-of-16 by Inter Milan (losing the second leg 1-0 at Stamford Bridge), Terry managed to run over some poor Chelsea security guard's leg while he was trying to leave the player's parking lot.

The good news for Terry is that Steve Rowley-the security guard-somehow doesn't seem too upset about the whole event and thankfully, his leg wasn't broken like originally feared.

Not being there, it's hard to say who was at fault for the accident. Apparently, Terry was going slow to avoid the paparazzi and Rowley stated that it was an accident.

All I know is that at this moment, I wouldn't want to be around John Terry. Trouble seems to be following him wherever he goes and one can easily picture that transferring to the World Cup this summer as well.

Capello says to England: stop being clowns like Terry and Cole

Who knew weeks ago when I first blogged about John Terry's affair with Wayne Bridge's ex-girlfriend that it would turn into such a huge story surrounding the English national team, which like it or not has a reputation for choking in big moments like the Buffalo Bills in the 90's.

With the most recent media circus surrounding injured defender Ashley Cole and his now ex-wife, Cheryl Cole (they separated!), Capello felt like he had to signal to the media his intentions with his bunch of Austin Powers wannabes. Haha, was that too dated?

Asked what will happen to players who step out of line after he spells out his code of conduct on their behavior, Capello said: "The players have to understand what I want if you want to stay with me."

Capello, who is renowned as a strict disciplinarian, does not want to see his players' private lives splashed across newspapers -- particularly as the Italian coach tries to deliver England's first World Cup since 1966.

"It will be very important because we need to create a group. The England shirt is very important. This will be one of the most important points we will speak about."

Capello will talk to his players next week when the team gathers before a friendly against Egypt on March 3.

The Italian head coach is saying the right things as England will all convene next week ahead of its friendly with Egypt. It's been four months since this troubled group was all together in the same dressing room. Should make for some awkward moments, huh?

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/soccer/02/23/capello.england.ap/index.html

Somewhere in Mississippi, Tiger Woods raises his pimp cup for a toast

If you've never been to England, specifically London, it's worth it just for the newspapers and tabloids alone. Imagine if every NFL player's personal life was followed as closely as Tom Brady's and you can somewhat start to appreciate the microscope that English Premier League players live under. Homegrown EPL players even more so.

Therefore, it should come as no surprise that the latest scandal in the UK is that Chelsea and England captain John Terry (who's married and has twins) had an affair with English teammate Wayne Bridge's former girlfriend. Throw in the juicy detail that said former flame is a French underwear model and boom: you've got a story that everyone is talking about.


Since I spent a semester in London during the winter/spring of 2005, Terry has always been one of my favorites. I even have an England jersey with his name on the back.

As a nice footnote, Terry didn't seem affected by the whole thing since he scored the game-winning goal on a sweet header off a corner kick in Chelsea's 2-1 win over Burnley yesterday.

PS. John what the hell are you wearing? Must have been a present from the wife. Also a great picture because while his wife stares at him (and not the camera), some banshee in the background gives her best smile.