Quote from: Drummond on December 19, 2017, 11:44:35 AMQuote from: Ad@m on December 18, 2017, 11:40:30 PMQuote from: Nev on December 18, 2017, 11:36:40 PMQuote from: The Edge on December 18, 2017, 10:57:56 PMListening to John Terry on Sky tonight I'm convinced he's got a job lined up on the management staff when we do get promoted. He'll retire from playing once we've achieved promotion. His list of contacts are second to none.I've no doubt that's the case, all this support for the team whilst injured isn't a sudden conversion to our club. Still, if we get something out of it then he's useful on and off the field.All this support? He was watching Chelsea at the weekend rather than us.Who could blame him?!He's also driven himself to watch a game in East Anglia when he wasn't playing, was on the bench in others whilst injured. Do you expect him to be at every game?As team captain and on the books of the Villa to the tune of £60k a week? Yes, I absolutely expect him to be there every game.There seems to be an incredibly low expectation bar set for players these days - first he was lauded for doing some training and now he's being given a free pass to skip games when he'd rather go to watch Chelsea. If the cost of my season ticket is contributing to his extortionate salary he can suffer our "performances" just like me!
Quote from: Ad@m on December 18, 2017, 11:40:30 PMQuote from: Nev on December 18, 2017, 11:36:40 PMQuote from: The Edge on December 18, 2017, 10:57:56 PMListening to John Terry on Sky tonight I'm convinced he's got a job lined up on the management staff when we do get promoted. He'll retire from playing once we've achieved promotion. His list of contacts are second to none.I've no doubt that's the case, all this support for the team whilst injured isn't a sudden conversion to our club. Still, if we get something out of it then he's useful on and off the field.All this support? He was watching Chelsea at the weekend rather than us.Who could blame him?!He's also driven himself to watch a game in East Anglia when he wasn't playing, was on the bench in others whilst injured. Do you expect him to be at every game?
Quote from: Nev on December 18, 2017, 11:36:40 PMQuote from: The Edge on December 18, 2017, 10:57:56 PMListening to John Terry on Sky tonight I'm convinced he's got a job lined up on the management staff when we do get promoted. He'll retire from playing once we've achieved promotion. His list of contacts are second to none.I've no doubt that's the case, all this support for the team whilst injured isn't a sudden conversion to our club. Still, if we get something out of it then he's useful on and off the field.All this support? He was watching Chelsea at the weekend rather than us.
Quote from: The Edge on December 18, 2017, 10:57:56 PMListening to John Terry on Sky tonight I'm convinced he's got a job lined up on the management staff when we do get promoted. He'll retire from playing once we've achieved promotion. His list of contacts are second to none.I've no doubt that's the case, all this support for the team whilst injured isn't a sudden conversion to our club. Still, if we get something out of it then he's useful on and off the field.
Listening to John Terry on Sky tonight I'm convinced he's got a job lined up on the management staff when we do get promoted. He'll retire from playing once we've achieved promotion. His list of contacts are second to none.
Think we miss Terry more than "Kodger" in the grand scale of things.
Quote from: Neil Hawkes on December 15, 2017, 05:21:26 AMTerry is very good good, especially at 37 years of age. But he's no McGrath.He’s just a very naughty boy. A great philosopher once wrote Naughty, naughty, very naughty E's are Good E's are Good
Terry is very good good, especially at 37 years of age. But he's no McGrath.He’s just a very naughty boy.
I think I'd rather he'd sit and watch the club who are paying his wages rather than another team to be honest but I'm not that annoyed about it either.
Quote from: Clampy on December 19, 2017, 01:04:40 PMI think I'd rather he'd sit and watch the club who are paying his wages rather than another team to be honest but I'm not that annoyed about it either.I'm sure some Leicester fans will say the same about Marc Albrighton
Quote from: Dougs Socks on December 19, 2017, 12:03:56 PMThink we miss Terry more than "Kodger" in the grand scale of things. These are Gerald Appleyard's stats Played 16won 7Lost 4 (includes Sheff Wed game)Drawn 5 Clean sheets 7Goals against 13 Goals scored by team 22Actual goals scored 1
Quote from: Diablo on December 19, 2017, 12:35:03 PMQuote from: Dougs Socks on December 19, 2017, 12:03:56 PMThink we miss Terry more than "Kodger" in the grand scale of things. These are Gerald Appleyard's stats Played 16won 7Lost 4 (includes Sheff Wed game)Drawn 5 Clean sheets 7Goals against 13 Goals scored by team 22Actual goals scored 1Going to amend this a little bit and then add the 'without' stats.With Terry:Played 16Won 7 (44%)Lost 4 (25%)Drawn 5 (31%)Clean sheets 7 (44%)Goals against 13 (0.81 per game)Total:Played 22Won 10 (45%)Lost 5 (23%)Drawn 7 (32%)Clean sheets 9 (41%)Goals against 18 (0.82)The sample sizes aren't huge so it's hard to give any certainties but effectively Terry has made very little difference to us in measurable terms despite looking like he's a level above anyone else in this league.Kodjia on the other hand single-handedly kept us out of a relegation battle last year and was in the team for the best spell of performances we've had this season (in fact the only part of the season where I'd argue we looked like top 2 contenders).Terry is very good but you can't make a huge amount of difference to a team that concedes around a goal a game by adding defenders whereas better attacking options who can create chances from nothing will always add something so long as they're not at the expense of defensive stability.