John Terry - Gone

[London Villan]

How weird does that look!??!

He's signed, he acknowledged getting some stick here at least, so I guess we treat him as another one of the squad and prove he is still good enough.

[E I Adio]

Why does he keep saying 'myself'?

Because it would seem that they are coached to avoid using the term "me". The fact that there are other ways to rephrase a sentence seems to escape them.

It was one of Barry's favourites, who was particularly annoying with his liberal sprinklings of "myself".

[Diablo]

FFS! When you think of players we've been linked with in the past... I really hoped John Terry was going to be filed under players that Aston Villa almost signed but didn't. This season is going to be like trying to look at a thing of beauty through a filthy triple glazed window covered in excrement.

[Clark W Griswold]

The bit I find odd is the comments I've seen here and multiple other places about him coming in and organising the defence.  The defence was, generally, solid most of last season.  We had plenty of clean sheets in the new year so I don't know what people expect.  All of our problems are down to organisation in midfield and training and I just don't see how Terry addresses those issues.  He might add a few goals from corners, which will just further my belief that Bruce would be happy winning 1-0 and only committing people forward to set pieces.

The defence was half decent last season in the main, but if Terry can get close to the standards he's set in his career we should have the best defence in the league with him in it. On the other hand, if it doesn't work out we still have a defence which should just about do. That's why it's not an enormous risk. It's not like you have a good team and just need someone to stick the ball in the net and you go and buy an Adebayor for example. I agree that the midfield and the link up to the forwards (and the style of play) needs work, hopefully that's next. I also think that having someone to look up to (from a footballing sense) on the pitch should help the whole team, have a calming influence and let others just do their thing.

[JUAN PABLO]

Sky reporter asks Harry Redknapp such a stupid question

why do you think John Terry signed for Villa and not Birmingham

FFS

[Mortimer's Bear]

FFS! When you think players we've been linked with in the past... I really hoped John Terry was going to be filed under players that Aston Villa almost signed but didn't. This season is going to be like trying to look at a thing of beauty through a filthy triple glazed window covered in excrement.

That's the spirit.

[Clark W Griswold]

Sky reporter asks Harry Redknapp such a stupid question

why do you think John Terry signed for Villa and not Birmingham

FFS

It's what reporters do, I'm surprised Harry didn't have one of his almighty big kid strops with his bottom lip out and all.

[andyh]

The erm and you know count was surprisingly low.

Very knowledgeable to be fair.

"Winning this league" - we won the league in South London? Not quite the same ring to it.

Thinking about him repeating that aim, winning the league, it has taken me aback a bit to hear a Villa player use those words in that order. Makes me feel this may just be a very good thing.

Full kit wanker!

[LukeJames]

This is an Alex Mcleish moment, first heard the news and thought it would never happen, our club wouldn't be that stupid again but yet here we are. This signing is purely an ego massage, look at us everybody, it adds nothing and sorts none of our problems from last season out. The most positive thing I can come up with for signing him is that he will organise our defence, but that wasn't really an issue anyway. We now have a month to sort outvthe real isssue of creating and putting away chances.

[Ads]

I can't agree with that.

Nothing the club has done since 1874 was quite as mind knowingly stupid as TSM. Terry would have lumbering burks like Chris Wood in his back pocket.

[olaftab]

So he is going to wear number 26. Kodjia will be assigned 59 or something?

[PaulWinch again]

Make sure you get us promoted Terry.

[Ads]

Pat Murphy saying Round played a big part in convincing him and that we offered the lowest amount salary wise out of all of the club's chasing him?

[Clark W Griswold]

So he is going to wear number 26. Kodjia will be assigned 59 or something?

Hopefully he'll get Gabbys number.

[cdbearsfan]

I'd imagine Kodjia will just get number 10, as Ayew has left.