Quote from: Toronto Villa on June 27, 2017, 01:37:55 PMI 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.
I want promotion. It might not sit well in your stomach but Terry will help us get there.
Can we get of our moral high horse just for a second, this is life, saying something in the heat of the moment doesn't make someone a racist, however stupid, basic education will teach you that.Stop trying to score points with the mods for a second and try and be objective from a footballing perspective.And my voting status has nothing to do with it.
Quote from: Dave on June 27, 2017, 02:22:18 PMQuote from: Toronto Villa on June 27, 2017, 01:37:55 PMI 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.To a degree isn't that the risk with anyone? We could buy a 20 year whippersnapper to keep up with the 20 year whippersnappers but there's no guarantee they would also then be good defenders. If we always lived by that rule Paul McGrath would never have become a legend in our colours.
Can we get of our moral high horse just for a second, this is life, saying something in the heat of the moment doesn't make someone a racist, however stupid, basic education will teach you that.
Quote from: AV5nobs on June 27, 2017, 03:55:11 PMCan we get of our moral high horse just for a second, this is life, saying something in the heat of the moment doesn't make someone a racist, however stupid, basic education will teach you that.Sorry but I'm struggling with this. Even if it's a "heat of the moment comment" to even consider using someone's race as an insult would suggest that you're in some way racist.
Quote from: Toronto Villa on June 27, 2017, 04:04:56 PMQuote from: Dave on June 27, 2017, 02:22:18 PMQuote from: Toronto Villa on June 27, 2017, 01:37:55 PMI 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.To a degree isn't that the risk with anyone? We could buy a 20 year whippersnapper to keep up with the 20 year whippersnappers but there's no guarantee they would also then be good defenders. If we always lived by that rule Paul McGrath would never have become a legend in our colours.McGrath was 29 when we signed him. Terry is 37, the same age McGrath was when he retired. Genuinely can't think of the last good 37 year old outfield player we signed? Even assuming Terry is better than most of his age group, when was the last good outfield signing we made of a player 35 or over?
Quote from: cdbullyweefan on June 27, 2017, 04:17:15 PMQuote from: Toronto Villa on June 27, 2017, 04:04:56 PMQuote from: Dave on June 27, 2017, 02:22:18 PMQuote from: Toronto Villa on June 27, 2017, 01:37:55 PMI 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.To a degree isn't that the risk with anyone? We could buy a 20 year whippersnapper to keep up with the 20 year whippersnappers but there's no guarantee they would also then be good defenders. If we always lived by that rule Paul McGrath would never have become a legend in our colours.McGrath was 29 when we signed him. Terry is 37, the same age McGrath was when he retired. Genuinely can't think of the last good 37 year old outfield player we signed? Even assuming Terry is better than most of his age group, when was the last good outfield signing we made of a player 35 or over?McGrath because of his significant knee issues and off the field problems was essentially tossed out by Man U. That he went on to become legendary was in large part down to how he was managed, and even then there were plenty of bumps along the way.Look I don't for a second expect Terry to be close to anything McGrath was. And of course so much depends on fitness and motivation. But for one year, could he do it? For 5m in a sport for that money barely pays for average these days, I think it's worth the risk at Championship level. I wouldn't be at all for this if we were getting him as a PL club.