John Terry - Gone

[XXVilla]

It’s the other stuff he brings to the table we’ll miss. Plus his distribution is second to none.

[Steve67]

Jedinak would be my tip to replace him. Rather him than the alternatives.

[kippaxvilla2]

Agreed as well as his leadership skills.

[sickbeggar]

I think we're in deep doo-doo. We didn't have him last season and that speaks for itself

[curiousorange]

It'll be Samba. I know it, you know it...

[adrenachrome]

It'll be Samba. I know it, you know it...

I can live with Samba if Jedinak is a DCM. Chester may even benefit and express himself more forcefully. Dialectics teach us that of the bad comes the good.

[Chris Jameson]

I run a Credit Department so in my expert opinion I don’t have a clue how long he will be out for.

As somebody who works in a box office part time and also part time for a charity I’m happy to provide a second opinion and I too have no idea. I also have no idea how much each player earns but if pushedam quite prepared to pluck a figure out of nowhere.

[Chris Smith]

Samba will do a decent enough job if yesterday is anything to go by but my many years working in a variety of IT roles suggest to me at his age he will struggle to play twice a week on a regular basis.

[Diablo]

I still can't stand the fucker but must concede his form over the past couple of months has been excellent. Best central defender in the league and also the best referee.

Don't want to tempt fate, but I think him and Chester are a better defensive partnership than the ones at a number of Premier League clubs at the moment. 

Tom do you see what you did?

[Villa75]

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?

[Chris Jameson]

Who’d have thought that a 36 year old whobarely played last season would miss a few matches through injury?

[Richard E]

Samba isn't John Terry but he will do a perfectly competent job at this level.

[Taylor]

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?

[Clark W Griswold]

I also like the Jedinak idea.

[Villa75]

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.