A Fab-ulous joke

On a weekend when there were just too many things to talk about (United's late winner, the penalty that wasnt for Liverpool, the continuation of Torres' barren run etc etc), there was something more melodramatic that required words on this blog.

Fabio Capello has re-instated John Terry as the permanent captain. For the Wales game. Well done. Sense the sarcasm.

The arm-band being passed out like a frisbee in the recent friendly was an insult. So Fabio decides he needs to have a "permanent" captain. Oh wait, captain for the Wales game. So he overlooks Frank Lampard and gives the arm-band to John Terry. This, after he had said a year back that John Terry will "never" be England captain again. There are 4 dummies in this whole picture. Fabio, John Terry, England supporters and the armband. Rio Ferdinand and Steven Gerrard - get over it..The Don has spoken!

A lot of football pundits (sense the sarcasm again) said John Terry should not have lost the captaincy in the first place. I concurred with their view. The Don made the captaincy issue a front page headline a year back. Was he satisfied with that? No, he wanted to out-do himself when he still had the chance. Now, he's on the front page of my blog.

Clap clap!

Politics 1 - 0 Sport

In my previous post, I talked about how the focus was shifting from sport to politics. Now, the focus has truly shifted to politics leaving the sport to suffer, right where it hurts the most.

Now, Rio Ferdinand has been named captain and Steven Gerrard vice captain following the sacking of John Terry as captain - because Terry had an affair.

Mr. Ferdinand has a fantastic reputation (what with missing the drugs test and banned for nine months) and Gerrard has a pretty decent brawling experience as well. Fabulous replacements. Who's next on the list? Wayne Rooney? I'm pretty sure he has a clean reputation under his belt.

John Terry being axed as captain of the English Team is a ridiculous decision in my opinion. Hey, who am I to question? But all I want to know is, was Capello's hands forced? If yes, Capello - I'm sorry to say your reputation has just flown out of the window. If no, well, your reputation stays, but England has flown out of the window.

As the title suggests, Politics 1 - 0 Sport

From sport to politics

The other day, I was reading the newspaper when I found the article about Henry's handball against Ireland and that FIFA is going to decide whether to punish Henry or not. I was aghast. But, I thought it would be a one-off and I promised myself that this will not show up in my blog.

Today, I read about John Terry's affair with Wayne Bridge's ex-girlfriend and whether he should continue as England captain or worse, should he be pulled out of the squad altogether. There are too many things wrong with that statement that I don't know where to start.

But after reading this, I had to bring up the Henry scenario too. I've never heard something as ridiculous and outrageous as FIFA going to rule on a handball. The referee did not see it and the goal stood. Big deal. If every single "wrong" decision made by a referee gets into FIFA's to-do list, I have lost my utmost respect for them. If Henry was playing for Ireland, would this have happened?

Coming to John Terry, I don't care what he does off the pitch as long as he delivers on the pitch. If you even begin to start that he has lost the respect of the dressing room, I, personally will have lost respect for the dressing room. Now, according to many "people", he should be stripped of the captaincy and pulled out of the squad. What happened when Steven Gerrard was facing jail time and had to rely on the jury/judge to say "Not Guilty". Did anyone say Gerrard should not play for England? Or Liverpool?

Has it really come down to this? Football fans are suffering. Newspapers/Journalists - Peace sells, but who's buying eh?