John Terry - Gone

[Chris Jameson]

You are all so beastly to the fellow.

I feel mean now. I love that thing he does when you think he’s injured but just jumps to his feet and gets on with things. What a guy.

[brian green]

He is just misunderstood.  His mother loves him. I think.

[cdbearsfan]

Not as much as she loves nicking things.

[stuart445]

Anyone else still of the view that we didn't need him because the defence was sorted and we had baker?

hahaha yeah because we were shipping goals left right and centre last season,  that's why we averaged less than a goal a game.

yes our defence is good with Terry in it but lets not rewrite history.

[stuart445]

Anyone else still of the view that we didn't need him because the defence was sorted and we had baker?

hahaha yeah because we were shipping goals left right and centre last season,  that's why we only conceded 48 goals in a 46 game season.

yes our defence is good with Terry in it but lets not rewrite history.

[Chris Smith]

Anyone else still of the view that we didn't need him because the defence was sorted and we had baker?

hahaha yeah because we were shipping goals left right and centre last season,  that's why we averaged less than a goal a game.

yes our defence is good with Terry in it but lets not rewrite history.

Baker’s biggest failing is that he cannot pass the ball. Yes, he’s strong, brave and wholehearted but he is a very limited player. Having Terry has made us a better team overall.

[Ad@m]

Terry can pass a ball 10 times better with his weaker foot than Baker can with his strongest one!

[stuart445]

Anyone else still of the view that we didn't need him because the defence was sorted and we had baker?

hahaha yeah because we were shipping goals left right and centre last season,  that's why we averaged less than a goal a game.

yes our defence is good with Terry in it but lets not rewrite history.

Baker’s biggest failing is that he cannot pass the ball. Yes, he’s strong, brave and wholehearted but he is a very limited player. Having Terry has made us a better team overall.

All I want from a central defender is being able to defend anything else is a bonus. As I said 48 goals from 46 games is more than good enough in my book. I'm just relieved I defence is still good this season. The vital bit that seems to have changed is we have started to score goals

[Rigadon]

Baker was as brave a player as I've ever seen.  But he isn't in Terry's class. 

[Chris Smith]

Anyone else still of the view that we didn't need him because the defence was sorted and we had baker?

hahaha yeah because we were shipping goals left right and centre last season,  that's why we averaged less than a goal a game.

yes our defence is good with Terry in it but lets not rewrite history.

Baker’s biggest failing is that he cannot pass the ball. Yes, he’s strong, brave and wholehearted but he is a very limited player. Having Terry has made us a better team overall.

All I want from a central defender is being able to defend anything else is a bonus. As I said 48 goals from 46 games is more than good enough in my book. I'm just relieved I defence is still good this season. The vital bit that seems to have changed is we have started to score goals

We are scoring goals because the defence needs less protection and is less likely to hoof the ball straight back to the opposition.

[Matt Collins]

Exactly

[LeeB]

Anyone else still of the view that we didn't need him because the defence was sorted and we had baker?

hahaha yeah because we were shipping goals left right and centre last season,  that's why we averaged less than a goal a game.

yes our defence is good with Terry in it but lets not rewrite history.

Baker’s biggest failing is that he cannot pass the ball. Yes, he’s strong, brave and wholehearted but he is a very limited player. Having Terry has made us a better team overall.

All I want from a central defender is being able to defend anything else is a bonus. As I said 48 goals from 46 games is more than good enough in my book. I'm just relieved I defence is still good this season. The vital bit that seems to have changed is we have started to score goals

We are scoring goals because the defence needs less protection and is less likely to hoof the ball straight back to the opposition.

Exactamundo dude.

[Damo70]

I always rated him as a player and didn't get too wrapped up in the off field stuff although it was hard to actually say you liked him. My main annoyance was his attempts to referee every game he played in. I think it was Clattenbourg in the 2-1 at VP a few years back who allowed him to race the length of the field to contest a decision only to ignore him and stroll away. I thought it was contrived and hilarious. Obviously now he is doing well with us I think he is great. And I am quite happy to be a hypocrite when these days he refs games on our behalf.

[Risso]

Anyone else still of the view that we didn't need him because the defence was sorted and we had baker?

hahaha yeah because we were shipping goals left right and centre last season,  that's why we averaged less than a goal a game.

yes our defence is good with Terry in it but lets not rewrite history.

Baker’s biggest failing is that he cannot pass the ball. Yes, he’s strong, brave and wholehearted but he is a very limited player. Having Terry has made us a better team overall.

I quite liked Baker, but his distribution was a bit lacking to be polite about it, and he never seemed that far from an injury.  Or a game-changing clanger.

[Damo70]

Anyone else still of the view that we didn't need him because the defence was sorted and we had baker?

hahaha yeah because we were shipping goals left right and centre last season,  that's why we averaged less than a goal a game.

yes our defence is good with Terry in it but lets not rewrite history.

Baker’s biggest failing is that he cannot pass the ball. Yes, he’s strong, brave and wholehearted but he is a very limited player. Having Terry has made us a better team overall.

I quite liked Baker, but his distribution was a bit lacking to be polite about it, and he never seemed that far from an injury.  Or a game-changing clanger.

Spot on. Half decent player, fully committed but brainless enough to invite injury and/or error.