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This thread gets somewhere close to why I stop supporting any football team.

Bodhisopha wrote: »

This thread became a farce after about 3 pages. I can't believe some of you still have an appetite for this rubbish after 300 pages - you're all as bad as each other.

*gallops off on high horse*

Try changing your posts per page to something respectable, might help.
It's only 116 pages for me, fewer for others.

Crazy Horse 6 wrote: »

Loving the false outrage from the United fans on this thread. Some really being shown up for what they are.

Indeed they are. There have been rubbish posts and arguments from United fans and Liverpool fans. Some of your posts have been absolutely pathetic.

Pro. F wrote: »

Indeed they are. There have been rubbish posts and arguments from United fans and Liverpool fans. Some of your posts have been absolutely pathetic.

Idiotic posts belong to both clubs sets of fans.

But here we are surprised at the moronic posts of both sets of fans. We all know there's a few posters that could easily be removed from this forum, at the same time we like to point and laugh at the morons. No Morons would be rather boring.

This is where you get the media spin, it depends on your nationality of course, pseudo moralists, the oul brits are great at it.

Never-say-die John Terry ignores brickbats and does what he does best.

Chelsea's captain gave a good impression of the heroic leader as he left his off-field troubles behind him against Tottenham.

The scene at the end was the perfect cliché of the never-say-die, heroic captain. One point in the bag and another seemingly made, John Terry sauntered towards the band of Blues, peeled off his shirt and waded bare-chested over the advertising hoardings to hand his Chelsea jersey to one of his disciples. As he walked away, he banged his fist on his heart.

In Planet Terry, the vignette represented how fond he is of a performance that reeks of his own determination to tackle adversity head on. But the problem with Planet Terry is that there is no place for the kind of subtlety that would better suit his current circumstances. As Liverpool discovered with their T-shirt idea, the rest of the world does not always appreciate bravado in times of controversy.

Mind you, keeping his head down has never been part of his approach during an eventful 13-year career. And besides, do the boos hurt? Do the chants cut deep? Does the microscope burn? It has never appeared that way, and few players are as efficient at erecting a force field that such stuff bounces off. What wounds John Terry is losing, conceding goals, straining to be half the player he was in his pomp.

Brickbats have seldom seemed to bother him half as much as his detractors would like. And there were many, here at White Hart Lane, many and varied.
Not for the first time Terry found himself under special scrutiny, with his on-pitch performance analysed for signs of any stress emanating from the unnattractive headlines he currently commands following the CPS announcement that he will stand trial for alleged racist abuse.

From the moment he emerged into the spotlight he did what he always does, presenting a devil-may-care attitude. He evidently wants the world to know that whatever happens outside the pitch stays on the other side of the white line and so he sprinted towards the Park Lane, puffed his chest out, patted his badge and saluted the Chelsea contingent. Of course, Terry was the subject of some toxic hostility. But he gave the unmistakable impression that his worst moment came when he was exposed for footballing, rather than any other, limitations.

Eight minutes into this compelling encounter he heard nothing but white noise. Terry was caught dawdling as Tottenham broke down the left. Emmanuel Adebayor was his man. Terry was in front of him. Yet as Gareth Bale's cross skidded over, Chelsea's captain slowed up just as Adebayor anticipated keenly. The difference in sharpness between the two men helped to give Spurs the lead.

Tellingly he recovered from that to put in the kind of performance that had his manager purring and reflecting how, perversely, Terry has increased his levels since "the incident". His leadership was evident as he took charge of a reshuffled defence. Early in the second half his yen for goals in circumstances such as this rose again as he thumped a header on target.
In stoppage time he blocked what would have been an Adebayor match-winner.

The scale of insults aimed at him fluctuated during the game from the kind of ordinary rudeness he might expect every week, via observations about his family's misdemeanours to some inevitable insinuations concerning his upcoming court appearance. The idea of arming stewards with headcams to guard against the most unacceptable of behaviour in the stands was not entirely successful. But as an idea it makes one wonder whether some bright spark could come up with a tiny device that footballers themselves could wear, armband-cam, for example, which might clarify instances of abuse on the pitch for all to see.

The visiting support reacted to the Terry baiting with an array of supportive songs. Then they changed tack and decided to pick at Tottenham, pointing out in a none too complimentary way: "You stupid bastards, you burn your own town."

But it was a measure of how Chelsea's players responded that the Terry-ometer soon quietened down. Once his team drew level through Daniel Sturridge, both sections of the crowd felt compelled to acknowledge that a football match broke out. Terry has plenty of previous when it comes to getting on with the job while extra-curricular shenanigans shadow his every move. If anything, history shows he uses moments of adversity as fuel to his fire.

There were match-winning performances for Chelsea after revelations about his liaison with Wayne Bridge's girlfriend, and after his father made tabloid headlines for selling cocaine in an Essex bar. There was a goal for his country after he missed a penalty in the Champions League final. There was a composed defensive performance and clean sheet after he was stripped of the England captaincy.

Not that it always works. A couple of months ago against Arsenal, in his first appearance after the allegations of racism against Anton Ferdinand were put under investigation, he ended up floored, as a calamitous mistake paved the way for a humiliating defeat.
And that is what appears to stick in his craw more than the worst from any loudmouth.

http://m.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/dec/23/john-terry-chelsea-tottenham?cat=football&type=article

K-9 wrote: »

Idiotic posts belong to both clubs sets of fans.

But here we are surprised at the moronic posts of both sets of fans. We all know there's a few posters that could easily be removed from this forum, at the same time we like to point and laugh at the morons. No Morons would be rather boring.

I honestly think no morons would be fantastic. The soccer forum would loose nothing if their hateful bullshít was cleared out. But since that is very hard to achieve I think it's worthwhile rubbing each of their noses in the shíte they have written now and again. They might try to ignore it or pretend they don't care that they have been shown to be idiots, but there is the slim hope that they are at least embarrassed by it.

daithijjj wrote: »

I dont think you have grasped the point made. Its not about football talent or looming tournaments. Its about impartiality. Terry is 'celebrated' in that article. I want to say plenty on this topic but its pretty pointless, and late.

He has a point. Look at the Daily Mail's headline for the Spurs/Chelsea match...''Taunted Terry! Blues skipper hit by race row abuse but still rescues his beloved club at the death''.

Big John rises above the taunts and hate to rescue his beloved Chelsea. Could they crawl any further up his hole?