What a 'big man' he is!

You may well be surprised to see a football related blog entry here.  Believe me, I'm as surprised as you are!  However, when something incenses you so entirely you know it's time to write, write, write!  Two words, John Terry.

If you haven't just seen the appalling behaviour of the Chelsea and England captain during the Chelsea v. Barcelona match, you surely must have heard about him sleeping with his best friend's (and team-mate's) fiancée and racially abusing Anton Ferdinand.  Now, if you didn't see today's incident you will soon find out, courtesy of the media, that he deliberately and maliciously kneed in the back Alexis Sanchez of Barca whilst another player was making a pass their way (though this isn't how he put it, of course!).  He was out of sight of the referee, but it is rather stupid of a professional footballer to think that one of the referee's assistants won't spot such a blatant act of foul-play.

BUT this man can do no wrong!  "We're all human beings, and under a lot of pressure these players, we all make mistakes", said Chelsea manager Roberto Di matteo (and I'm typing this live by the way!), when asked if he was angry with Terry.  Jamie Redknapp and Glenn Hoddle seem to think that Terry has been "a big man" coming forward and admitting his mistake.  Well, I don't think that's exactly what he did, did he?  What he actually said was, "yeah I can see how it looks bad on the replay".  He made up some ridiculous nonsense about him 'protecting himself' and that what he did wasn't intentional.  In fact he hopes that all the people who know him and the fans would know he would never do anything to intentionally hurt someone.  

Well this man is either incredibly ignorant, or he's a liar.  Because I'd say sleeping with your best friend's fiancée is always likely to hurt somebody, and hurling racial abuse isn't exactly a picnic in the park for the recipient.  But all is well, because Terry is the captain, and the team love him, and he's apologised.  He's "a big man".  When are the footballing world going to realize that there are plenty of talented footballers out there who deserve to hold the captaincy?  Men who believe in fair-play, who support their team-mates and set an example.  Managers should not allow men like Terry, who repeatedly brings shame to their club, to hold such a prestigious role within the team - what example does it set?!  Paid millions to act like a 12 year old bully-boy; embarrassing!