John Terry - Gone

[Ad@m]

Oh well.  I didn't want him and I'm not going to lose any sleep over him going.  The only slight pang of annoyance is that our club is in a state where a geriatric John Terry leaving us gets reported as though we're not good enough for him.

[KevinGage]

The Terry deal always had a short term feel to it, so with his age, it's not totally surprising.

But the concern is that when you lose one of your best players, others soon follow.

Chester, Grealish and co might look at that and think 'this club isn't even trying now, so no point hanging around.'

[mr underhill]

yhey won't have a choice if the right money comes in. We're fooked financially

[sickbeggar]

Like Snodgrass really. One of the main reasons we got to the play-offs. Can't keep him because we didn't go up, probably wouldn't have kept him if we'd got promoted. Wish him well.

[Dante Lavelli]

Apologies if I missed it, but couldn't see this:

A parting message from John Terry.
“Today I part ways with Aston Villa Football Club. I’m very proud to have had the opportunity to play and captain this great and huge club. I have given my everything this year both on and off the pitch and I’m still hurting today that we never managed to get back to the Premier League, where this club 100% belongs.
“I would like to thank Steve Bruce who was instrumental in me joining Villa, I have learnt so much from him as a manger this season that will stay with me forever.Also, I’d like to thank all the staff and players and our owner Dr Tony, who it was a real pleasure and honour to work with everyday.
“Finally, a special thank you to the Villa supporters who have supported us both home and away in their thousands, up and down the country and have been amazing to me on a personal level. Villa will always have a place in my heart and I will look back on my time here and think about how close we were to reaching our goal. But now going forward, I would like to wish the management, staff, players and supporters good luck for the future.”

[Mortimer's Bear]

I wish him well in his future endeavours, I think he has changed a lot of opinions in his short time with us. His attitude has been exemplary.

[Steve67]

He's not staying because he knows Bruce is going?  Hmmm, conspiracy theory!!  To be fair, he was on bucket loads of money, failed his objective and his legs are going.  He was pretty good for our profile but he couldn't get out quick enough whilst the rest of us are still reeling from the weekend.  He might at least have pretended to have a good think about it and leave it a couple of weeks!!  Chester is far more important to us.

[Nunkin1965]

Yeah well I thought he was brilliant for us. Know he did a fantastic job off the pitch as well as on but unfortunately we just missed out on the big prize.
All the best Mr T.

[brontebilly]

Top player for us but irrespective of financials it was time to call an end to it. I don't see Terry being a success anywhere else next season, in fact I fully expect him to retire. When we signed him I was very dubious of his motives but he was a superb addition on and off the pitch.

[Ad@m]

I can see him following Lampard and taking a fat cheque to go and play in the US for a season.

When does Beckham's Miami team get up and running?

[PeterWithesShin]

His contract expires in a month and I assume he's been told it won't be renewed, or he's said he wants to leave, so no point him hanging around really.

[old man villa fan]

Top player for us but irrespective of financials it was time to call an end to it. I don't see Terry being a success anywhere else next season, in fact I fully expect him to retire. When we signed him I was very dubious of his motives but he was a superb addition on and off the pitch.

If he does retire, it was a very professional way to end his career.  I was against bringing him in because I couldn't see us getting value for the high wages.  I was wrong and have been very impressed how he took on the responsibility of demanding a professional attitude from the rest of the players.  I think it was no coincidence that we saw less and less of Gabby around the matchday squad.

[Ads]

Excellent player. Best English centre half of his generation by a mile.

[kippaxvilla2]

Rumours that he is off to Derby or Rangers.  Wouldn’t surprised if he turned up as a coach with Lampard.

[PeterWithesShin]

I made my views on him plain, but in fairness he conducted himself very well while here and if the majority of our players over recent years had shown the same professional attitude as he has here I very much doubt we'd be stuck in this poxy division for a 3rd season.