John Terry - Gone

[ciggiesnbeer]

God damn, some quality zingers today.

[dave shelley]

An open goal if ever there was one.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Back heeled it in though. 

[brentastonb6]

 

I think the only time we have consistently acted like a heavyweight football club was under BFR. Perhaps to a lesser extent under Little and Gregory.

That is spot on . The last time we looked like a heavyweight IMO, 1997, we'd just finished 4th the year before , won the league cup at a canter , and were unjustly robbed of a crack at the FA cup by losing 3-0 to Liverpool in a controversial semi, Gareth Southgate being off the pitch when they scored their first goal and the score line not reflecting the game . We signed what many of us thought was a final piece in the jigsaw in Stan Collymore for a club record £7m from Liverpool. We had a fantastic kit , the away one looking like Lazio in style , horizontal Claret , blue and white stripes. We played the great unwashed at the Sty in a pre season friendly and such was the expectation this side of the City we packed out the old railway end and were given the paddock lower tier of their main stand- not surprisingly they were on the down and we probably outnumbered them. Unfortunately Collymore was injured, the game as I recall was a dire 0-0 and the rest was downhill. Not like the 1977 version where fourth place led to us building towards the success we enjoyed in the early 80's. I pray that all the forces conspire to bring those days to us again at some stage in my life and if not mine then my Children's . UTV 

[PeterWithesShin]

Collymore signed after the 96/97 season, 95/96 was 4th and the cup semi. We'd still finished a 'disappointing' 5th though.

'Fun' fact, that is the only time we have finished top 5 in consecutive seasons since the early 30's.

[brentastonb6]

Collymore signed after the 96/97 season, 95/96 was 4th and the cup semi. We'd still finished a 'disappointing' 5th though.

'Fun' fact, that is the only time we have finished top 5 in consecutive seasons since the early 30's.

isn't that what I said ? Win cup in 1996, thought we signed Stanley  that summer so 1996-97 season ?

[PeterWithesShin]

it reads as if we'd finished 4th etc in 96/97, well it does to me anyway. Maybe i'm just tired.

[b23]

 £55 for a haircut !!   

http://www.belgraviacentre.com/blog/footballer-john-terry-spends-145000-on-haircuts/

He won't be spending much on Hutton, Bjarnason, Lansbury or Agbonlahor.

Amavi, Tshibola and Grealish are going to cost him a fortune though !!

[eamonn]

According to Pravda, on this day in 1984, while I was in my mother's tummy, Big Ron turned us down to stay with Manyew.

[Allan C]

I can't stand the bloke for all the reasons already stated. But additionally, we're paying a lot of money per week on wages for a player who clearly won't be able to appear in a substantial amount of games.

Why not?  It's not clear at all, he may be just as likely to appear in the vast majority.

You think at 36 he's gonna manage Saturday/Tuesday/Saturday/Tuesday week in week out???

[ciggiesnbeer]

I can't stand the bloke for all the reasons already stated. But additionally, we're paying a lot of money per week on wages for a player who clearly won't be able to appear in a substantial amount of games.

Why not?  It's not clear at all, he may be just as likely to appear in the vast majority.

You think at 36 he's gonna manage Saturday/Tuesday/Saturday/Tuesday week in week out???

Not that unheard of for a defender to play regularly at 36. Barzagli played 39 games last season for Juve. Didnt the west brom player mcauly or something play most games in the premier league last season? Judging by their table position he did alright.

Assuming he is over last seasons injury I dont see why Terry couldnt play most games with us if his performance is good enough for Bruce.

[PeterWithesShin]

It's possible he'll be fine, personally I think it's more likely he'll play less than 30 league games as a starter. Which even ignoring his baggage is why I wouldn't have signed him. He may even have spells were he has to come off the bench.

[Hillbilly]

It's not unusual in Italy for defenders to play at the highest level into their late 30s - Baresi, Bergomi, Costacurta, Maldini, Cannavaro. That said, Terry is nowhere near that class of player.

[Damo70]

According to Pravda, on this day in 1984, while I was in my mother's tummy, Big Ron turned us down to stay with Manyew.

If I remember correctly he was in the papers for having an extra marital affair with the woman who became his second wife. Doug took the opportunity to offer him a get out by moving to Villa. We ended up with Graham Turner.

[The Edge]

It's not unusual in Italy for defenders to play at the highest level into their late 30s - Baresi, Bergomi, Costacurta, Maldini, Cannavaro. That said, Terry is nowhere near that class of player.

That's some list of great defenders including my favourite of all time Gianfranco Baresi. Terry is nowhere near that standard but will be the best defender in the league next season. All about how many games he plays I reckon.