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Offline Cleybrooke

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Re: John Terry - contract offer
« Reply #600 on: June 27, 2017, 11:07:58 AM »
It's been claimed that Bruce has been quoted as saying that Villa are the most talented team and Hull the least talented team he has ever coached. On the other hand, Hull had the best team ethic and Villa the worst.

Question is, if you add John Terry into that mix, are you going to make the team better or worse. I really don't see it my self.

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Re: John Terry - contract offer
« Reply #601 on: June 27, 2017, 11:19:09 AM »
It's been claimed that Bruce has been quoted as saying that Villa are the most talented team and Hull the least talented team he has ever coached. On the other hand, Hull had the best team ethic and Villa the worst.

Question is, if you add John Terry into that mix, are you going to make the team better or worse. I really don't see it my self.

I'm not entirely sure what falls under a manager's jurisdiction these days, but if the coaches do the coaching and Round lines up transfers, other than our incredibly sophisticated tactics that we see each week, what does Bruce do if not motivate the team? Would it be too much to ask that he tries to do this himself before we pay his mate 60k a week to do it, with the odd appearance thrown in every now and then?

Offline RussellC

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Re: John Terry - contract offer
« Reply #602 on: June 27, 2017, 11:21:44 AM »
The odd thing here is that I don't actually have any issues with Xia, I'm far from convinced about Wyness and Round though.  Wyness had the same narrow field of view as Lerner, Fox and Faulkner when it came to finding a new manager and Round has done anything wrong but I've seen nothing to suggest any amazing change in our scouting process which leads to...

Xia and Lerner took custodianship of the club under such different circumstances that's it's almost impossible to compare their 1st year performances.

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Re: John Terry - contract offer
« Reply #603 on: June 27, 2017, 11:49:08 AM »
Lots of people seem to be assuming we'll only get a handful of games out of Terry because he only played a handful last season. Wasn't this down to not being good enough for the best team in the country, as opposed to being unfit?

I'm not expecting 46 games out of him if he starts, but 30-35 would be enough to justify his signing (based on football ability). I'd imagine him even at 36 being comfortably better than Baker or Elphick.

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Re: John Terry - contract offer
« Reply #604 on: June 27, 2017, 12:21:12 PM »
John Terry will improve our squad. He knows how to organise, he wants to learn to coach so will be keen to pass on his experience. He's been there and done it. He's probably won more trophies than any player in our history has and he's done it this century.

He's an arsehole, but he'd be our arsehole.

Offline mr underhill

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Re: John Terry - contract offer
« Reply #605 on: June 27, 2017, 12:23:33 PM »
and  he's going to rip himself a new one

Offline boozey182

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Re: John Terry - contract offer
« Reply #606 on: June 27, 2017, 12:35:10 PM »
He's an arsehole, but he'd be our arsehole.

No thanks. Whoever he plays for next, he'll always be Chelsea's arsehole. And they're welcome to him. A better fit, I couldn't think of.

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Re: John Terry - contract offer
« Reply #607 on: June 27, 2017, 01:37:55 PM »
I want promotion. It might not sit well in your stomach but Terry will help us get there. He'd be positive on and off the pitch and won't really care if fans don't like him initially. Footballers are generally pretty oblivious to that kind of thing anyway.

If he comes to us he'll have turned down better money elsewhere. He's an arrogant bastard so he won't want to end his career failing at anything so getting us up will only add to "brand" JT. That will be his motivation.

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Re: John Terry - contract offer
« Reply #608 on: June 27, 2017, 02:22:18 PM »
I want promotion. It might not sit well in your stomach but Terry will help us get there.

He might. He also might be a lumbering liability who costs us goals because his 37 year old legs can't catch up to Fulham or Brentford's latest 20 year old whippersnapper.

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Re: John Terry - contract offer
« Reply #609 on: June 27, 2017, 02:42:03 PM »
I really don't get the certainty some people have that Terry will be good for us, let alone that he will "get us promotion".

He might, he might not. He's hardly played in 2017 so there is no way of proving it.

What is beyond doubt, is that he is a scumbag.

Offline Three Spires Villa

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Re: John Terry - contract offer
« Reply #610 on: June 27, 2017, 03:02:56 PM »
I really don't get the certainty some people have that Terry will be good for us, let alone that he will "get us promotion".

He might, he might not. He's hardly played in 2017 so there is no way of proving it.

What is beyond doubt, is that he is a scumbag.

Well said Sir, well said

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Re: John Terry - contract offer
« Reply #611 on: June 27, 2017, 03:13:54 PM »
I want promotion. It might not sit well in your stomach but Terry will help us get there. He'd be positive on and off the pitch and won't really care if fans don't like him initially. Footballers are generally pretty oblivious to that kind of thing anyway.

If he comes to us he'll have turned down better money elsewhere. He's an arrogant bastard so he won't want to end his career failing at anything so getting us up will only add to "brand" JT. That will be his motivation.

It won't make a any difference at all, any "failure" will just get forgotten about, like those "failures" involving 'Arry. In fact it will be turned back on us. Does anyone think any less of Keane, Wilkins, Pires et al?

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Re: John Terry - contract offer
« Reply #612 on: June 27, 2017, 03:29:53 PM »
Couldn't care less what the mother Theresa's think of him, if he helps us get back up I will be grateful.


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Re: John Terry - contract offer
« Reply #613 on: June 27, 2017, 03:36:49 PM »
Couldn't care less what the mother Theresa's think of him, if he helps us get back up I will be grateful.

You have to be "Mother Theresa" to think calling someone a "fucking black ******" is unacceptable?

You seem to have a very high tolerance of racism.

I'm going to take a wild guess... Leave voter?

Offline Rico

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Re: John Terry - contract offer
« Reply #614 on: June 27, 2017, 03:37:37 PM »
Just thought I'd share this with you. A acquaintance of mine who is a Chelsea fan raves about John Terry, and reckons that if we sign him we are certainties to win the league. Funny old game ain't it? I guess it's all about perceptions. I don't particularly want us to sign him simply because I think he's past it.

 


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