John Terry - Gone

[andyh]

Why is it terrible?

[Ads]

He wants to play for another year. Nobody is going to turn that down for cones and bibs duty.

[chrisw1]

Why is it terrible?

Because it's potentially unsettling news leaked a week before our biggest came in 20 odd years?  Seems like pretty terrible timing to me.

[Clampy]

It also may be a load of bollocks.

[chrisw1]

It also may be a load of bollocks.

Yes, it probably is.  It's hard to imagine Terry wanting to be part of a United setup or their fans accepting him.

[cdbearsfan]

The speculation seems based on Mourinho saying he is going to appoint someone who isn't Portuguese (like the current incumbent), that he has worked with him before (doesn't specify whether as coach or player), and that he "can't say too much" as the person is currently "linked" with another club.

I reckon dozens, if not hundreds, of people probably meet the criteria. The suggestion that it is likely to be Terry is nothing but pure guesswork.

[andyh]

Even if it is terry, I am sure he is able to play one more game without being so distracted he turns to shit.

[chrisw1]

Even if it is terry, I am sure he is able to play one more game without being so distracted he turns to shit.

Maybe, but it's a distraction for the whole team and one we could do without.

[Brend'Watkins]

Even if it is terry, I am sure he is able to play one more game without being so distracted he turns to shit.

Maybe, but it's a distraction for the whole team and one we could do without.

Let's go a stage further and say the arm around Grealish in the tunnel is a sure sign he's tapping him up so he goes along with him to ManU.  All under Mourinho's instruction obviously.

[mr underhill]

fine if he was saying 'Jose's going to bid 40m for you Jack'

[Brend'Watkins]

If we don't go up then maybe.  If we do, they can double it.

[Rotterdam]

Even if it is terry, I am sure he is able to play one more game without being so distracted he turns to shit.

Maybe, but it's a distraction for the whole team and one we could do without.

Evening all. The point I was making this morning was that the timing was 'terrible' for the reasons suggested, too close to a massive game.
My opinion is (after we go up) if JT stays then great, if he chooses to leave then he achieved what we wanted.

PS I also think that the rumour itself is bollocks.

[PeterWithesShin]

I doubt the players give a shit, they already know that whatever division we're in a bunch of them won't be playing for Villa next season, all they'll care about is who is here for the play-off game.

[Damo70]

I can understand that, I had no idea who two or three of the players were who made the last England squad. One of them played for Liverpool.

I like to think that I know about football in general and that apart from Villa I know about the England team and also our friends from Small Heath. But if you set me a quiz on the current Small Heath squad and some of the recent players who have been called up for England I don't think I would score very highly. Recently I have had to Google England internationals who have been called up to see who they actually play for.

[eamonn]

Percy from the Telegraph reporting about Terry playing for us next season if we get promoted could also be with the stipulation that he doesn't have to play against Chelsea.

I've been really impressed with his conduct on and off the pitch but that request is ridiculous. He's not on-loan from his beloved Blues and we don't pay him £60k+ a week (50% more if we go up?) to dictate a term like that. What if we need a draw at Stamford Bridge on the last day of the season and he decides to have a hard-on in the Matthew Harding stand?