[mayordenis]

Originally Posted by redzerdrog

when?

He didn't get charged, that was simply a lie

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...charges-arrest

[mayordenis]

Originally Posted by alproctor

January.

Nope he was not charged.

[kippy]

John Terry should never have been given the captaincy back after he was "stripped" of it last time.

He is a vastly unlike able character, not unlike a lot of professional footballers.
At some point one has to ask when is society going to stop letting some of these guys off the hook because they are "exceptionally" talented footballers?

There's talk of innocent until proven guilty - but the charge here is great and he has a past history of acting the clown.
Who becomes the new captain is irrelevent. England will yet again flatter to deceive.

[SirDelboy18]

Bring Scholes back and make him captain, problem solved.

[pistolpetes11]

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[EdenHazard]

Why are Irish people going on about next English captain? When Ireland gets a captain its no big deal, whereas its made out that it actually matters with England.

[kippy]

Originally Posted by EdenHazard

Why are Irish people going on about next English captain? When Ireland gets a captain its no big deal, whereas its made out that it actually matters with England.

You might want to double check you aren't in a glass house before you start throwing stones EdenHazard.......

[Crazy Horse 6]

Originally Posted by Sgt Pepper 64

The choices for England Capt are immense

Gerrard - Previously charged with Assault and affray and other scandals
Downing - Previously charged with Assault
Ferdinand - "forgot" about a drugs test
Carroll - Previously charged with Assault
Cole - scandal

Gerrard was'nt found guilty of anything as far as i know, what other "scandals"?

Downing as a choice for England captain

[rodgered]

Originally Posted by EdenHazard

Why are Irish people going on about next English captain? When Ireland gets a captain its no big deal, whereas its made out that it actually matters with England.

The majority of posters here have a huge interest in English football due to the teams they support. Also a lot of the media which they follow is English and so many will read the issue of the English captaincy.

Just because we are Irish does not mean they cannot discuss an issue where most have a huge interest in the sport.

If you don't like it then don't bother clicking on the thread. Christ.

[EdenHazard]

I dont mind discussing england, its the captain that annoys me, it means nothing

[zerks]

Terry is set to lose about the £1 million a year he gets in commercial revenue from being England captain over this,I'd say he's more upset about that than anything.

[mossyc123]

Originally Posted by aidan24326

Hart has a big enough ego already woithout making him captain.

Rooney perhaps?

Which is why i'd say he'd revel in it.

Rooney definitely if it wasn't for the 2 game ban.

Originally Posted by Caveman1

A lot of people seem to be favouring Joe Hart, the thing is though I'm not so sure he's ready to be captain of England, after all we all know how the media are with goal keepers in England. He'll probably let a ball go through his legs at the euros and the media will be calling for him to be shot. IMO its best to leave him to it as he's very young for all that pressure. I think it will be Gerrard

There's a good chance he'll have a Premier League winners medal in his back pocket by June.

Seen him a few weeks ago in the tunnel before one of City's big games and he looked a leader.

No baggage (debut Sept 2010), only 24 and has potentially plenty of tournaments ahead of him unlike, for example, Gerrard and Lampard.

Arguably, there would be more pressure on some of the older players who have might see this as a last chance of winning a tournament.

He'd be able to handle the pressure anyway I reckon, seems to have bottle.

[eagle eye]

I'd give it to Gareth Barry I think. You don't want anybody thats going to be around too long and might get upset if they lost it. No doubt for me who the next long term England Captain is and thats Phil Jones so long as he can stay healthy.

[Corvus Maximus]

Terry should never have regained the captaincy after the last debacle imo. Unsurprisingly though, he had neither the class or the cop on to relinquish it this time. He certainly could have saved himself the humiliation of being stripped again, but I suspect he's not the brightest spark.

[eigrod]

Originally Posted by EdenHazard

I dont mind discussing england, its the captain that annoys me, it means nothing

I understand where you're coming from.

It seems to be only in England that the media make a big deal of it. I would imagine the hype around captaincy has taken Capello by surprise too since he took the job.

Over here, if Keane is out, it transfers seamlessly to Given, Dunne or Duff without any fuss whatsoever.