John Terry - Gone

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Chester was a much, much, much better defender than Terry this season.

I wouldn't disagree that Chester has been superb. But him playing next to Terry will be a feature of that rather than Baker.

[sirlordbaltimore]

Chester was a much, much, much better defender than Terry this season.

I wouldn't disagree that Chester has been superb. But him playing next to Terry will be a feature of that rather than Baker.

I think many of us couldn't see anything wrong with the Chester/Baker partnership or why it needed breaking up at the time

Maybe we can get him back on the cheap

[mr underhill]

thanks, but no thanks. Baker was a total liability most of the time.

[Nunkin1965]

Chester was a much, much, much better defender than Terry this season.

I wouldn't disagree that Chester has been superb. But him playing next to Terry will be a feature of that rather than Baker.

Think as a partnership they were great.
I’d argue that playing alongside Terry improved Chester’s overall game.
Chester was brilliant throughout aswell. Hope we can keep him. Imagine if we lost both!
Still it’s all over now so onwards we go.

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Chester was a much, much, much better defender than Terry this season.

I wouldn't disagree that Chester has been superb. But him playing next to Terry will be a feature of that rather than Baker.

I think many of us couldn't see anything wrong with the Chester/Baker partnership or why it needed breaking up at the time

Maybe we can get him back on the cheap

Baker's decision making and distribution was awful. To get £5 million for him was good business.

[paul_e]

Terry had a great positive impact off the pitch, on the pitch I think he's clearly on the way down, there were a few games where he looked out of his depth even at this level, that's no real shame for a 37 year old but it's not something that will improve next season and i think the pace of English football is too much for him now.

[mr underhill]

In many ways you are right but equally, he often made a great job of disguising his failing physical ability with his reading of the game, which at times, was lovely to watch.

[sirlordbaltimore]

Baker's decision making and distribution was awful. To get £5 million for him was good business.

Say what you will, but our defence in the first Championship season wasn't the problem by any stretch of the imagination. Baker was, and still is good enough at this level IMHO

Goals against 16/17 season 48
Goals against 17/18 season 42

The goals for went up from 47 to 72 mind

[The Edge]

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.”

Your opening comment makes no sense to me.

[The Edge]

Delete the thread. Pretend he was never here.

This is a bit uncalled for really.

[russon]

Terry was a great influence and earned my respect for sure. Refreshing to have one season of his commitment compared to five of hero worshipped Gabby who treated us with contempt.

[AsTallAsLions]

Delete the thread. Pretend he was never here.

This is a bit uncalled for really.

Please just don't.

[Chris Jameson]

Delete the thread. Pretend he was never here.

This is a bit uncalled for really.

Please just don't.

Snowflakes.

[Mister E]

Terry to Derby as player-coach?

[mr underhill]

can they afford him and FF?