John Terry - Gone

[Drummond]

Having to replace Terry with Samba is like replacing Mila Kunis with Bella Emberg - for 12 fucking weeks!

With our money, how has of come to this?

Are you suggesting we should have bought a player as good as John Terry only to play him whenever Terry is injured? We have defensive back up in Samba and Elphick, they are not as good as the first choice, but isn't that the nature of back up?

No. I'm suggesting that Samba is NOWHERE NEAR an adequate back up for Terry. Go look at Bella Emberg v Mila Kunis, and you should get it.

Ah, so it's appearance you're interested in rather than effectiveness.

Well, if an 80 year old Bella Emberg is more effective (successful in producing a desired or intended result) for you than Mila Kunis, who am I to argue. 😉

Put a blindfold on, let her take her teeth out.....

[Mister E]

I'd play Hutton or Jedi at CB before either Samba or Elphick.
In fact, Hutton and Taylor on the left would do ok.

[Ger Regan]

Hasn't De Laet filled in at CB a fair bit in the past? Must be worth a punt, and would be a lot more mobile than Samba at the very least.

[mr underhill]

I was thinking the same - I seem to remember people saying he could slot in anywhere defensively

[cdbearsfan]

Why are people so desperate to drop Samba? Fair enough if he plays badly, but when he's done well, and scored, I see no sense in it.

Jedinak will be in no fit state to play at QPR after travelling to Australia and Honduras in the preceding week, anyway.

By all means stick him in for the next game if Samba underperforms.

[Mister E]

Why are people so desperate to drop Samba? Fair enough if he plays badly, but when he's done well, and scored, I see no sense in it.

Jedinak will be in no fit state to play at QPR after travelling to Australia and Honduras in the preceding week, anyway.

By all means stick him in for the next game if Samba underperforms.

Samba did okay in the air, on Saturday. He looked very cumbersome and slow on the turn. He'll get mullered by a half-decent quick strikeforce.

Just sayin'.

[cdbearsfan]

Sheffield Wednesday have Rhodes and Hooper. Bristol City are near the top of the league, he didn't get "mullered" by either. Jedinak struggles after international games. It would be madness to drop Samba after a good performance and a goal to bung Jedinak in after travelling further than Phileas Fogg in the week before.

[tomd2103]

Sheffield Wednesday have Rhodes and Hooper. Bristol City are near the top of the league, he didn't get "mullered" by either. Jedinak struggles after international games. It would be madness to drop Samba after a good performance and a goal to bung Jedinak in after travelling further than Phileas Fogg in the week before.

I agree.  Samba is 'next cab off the rank' and should be given a chance.  My main concern about it would be having to move Chester to the left hand side of central defence though.   

[darren woolley]

I'm gutted he's out for a while we are going to miss him we need whoever comes in to step up to the plate.

[SoccerHQ]

Why are people so desperate to drop Samba? Fair enough if he plays badly, but when he's done well, and scored, I see no sense in it.

Jedinak will be in no fit state to play at QPR after travelling to Australia and Honduras in the preceding week, anyway.

By all means stick him in for the next game if Samba underperforms.

Dosen't have the mobility and fitness to play 90 minutes anymore imo. He's o.k for sub appearences.

No way we could play him 3 times in 7 days for example after the international break and you want continuity at the back which we've generally had for the last two months.

[cdbearsfan]

The alternatives are Jedinak, who will be knackered, and Elphick, who will be shit.

[olaftab]

We did ok with Jedi in centre of our defence in the final third of last season.

[Ian.]

Well I never thought I’d hear myself saying I’m gutted John Terry is injured. It’s just not right.

Hopefully we’ll fill the void, but he’s been very very good.

[cdbearsfan]

We did ok with Jedi in centre of our defence in the final third of last season.

We did. Which is why he's a contender to play there during Terry's absence. Not the weekend after travelling thirty thousand miles, though.

[in exile]

I'd rather see Jedinak playing in front of Samba and Chester