However with Spurs currently in the midst of a three-way tussle for the Premier League title it’s unlikely Redknapp would be willing to abandon his mission at White Hart Lane in favour of England, which, in essence, is a bit-part management role. Whilst an inevitable tug of war between FA chairman David Bernstein and Spurs supremo Daniel Levy will ensue over the 64-year-old there have been suggestions that the job will be offered on a part-time basis. The idea of a manager fulfilling the role on an interim basis has been mooted before but should the FA finally choose to scrap the England job as a full-time position?

It’s a role that leaves a manager with a substantial amount of time to sit and twiddle his thumbs along with taking in the occasional football match; in Capello’s case that meant anywhere within a 150 mile radius of London. The former Real Madrid chiefs £6 millon-a-year salary has seen him become labelled as an expensive mistake in some quarters. In the current economic climate fans are being forced to dig deeper into their pockets to attend football matches so would the FA be willing to appoint another manager on a similar deal? They’re almost caught in a catch-22 with their clamour to find a cost effective Englishman who possesses the necessary experience to end the Three Lions’ 46-year trophy drought. I’m just making assumptions here but you can bet your bottom dollar the FA will be anxious to avoid splashing out heavy six-figure sums on a deficient English coach never mind another johnny foreigner.

Frankly the options are thin on the ground at the moment with many free agents considered inadequate for a position of this magnitude. Stuart Pearce could be tempted into the role but having already admitted that he isn’t prepared for the big job it’s unlikely he’ll be the man the FA turn too. That has the entire country scribbling Redknapp at the top of their list of candidates to fill the breach. From my viewpoint the England manager’s job has become something of a poisoned chalice in recent years with the pressure to succeed in a major tournaments proving to be the undoing of several individuals including Capello. Would the media’s tendency to change their opinions at the blink of an eye and ruin reputations once results go south appeal to a manager already coping with the stress of domestic management?

Once again it all comes down to the financial incentives that come with a position that situated firmly in the glare of the media. Despite Redknapp’s supposed patriotism it’s unlikely he’ll leave Tottenham, whether it be permanently or part time, to manage England on the cheap. The same applies to any club manager the FA has in it’s cross hairs. Truthfully the current squad is in need of a major overhaul after Euro 2012 with the supposed ‘golden generation’ failing to perform in a decades worth of major tournaments. It’s in this respect that the need for a full-time manager would come in useful purely for scouting purposes. The need for fresh blood in the squad requires some serious reconnaissance stretching the length and breadth of the country which is something that Capello failed to do adding yet more justification to describe his pay cheque as absurd. The fact is a part-time manager wouldn’t have the time to tackle such a burdensome task due to their commitments at club level therefore having to rely on a team of scouts to effectively choose the squad for him. Even a manager without club ties might feel that he isn’t compelled to make the effort if it isn’t included as part of their pay packet.

For me there is no definitive answer to whether the England manager’s job needs to be a full-time position. The pressure, constant media scrutiny and hopes of a nation weighing heavy on one mans shoulders makes it a position requiring an experienced and level headed individual. However a man possessing those qualities usually comes at a cost and it’s unlikely the FA will ungrudgingly fork out a large sum once again even if they have their eyes set on Redknapp. The prospect of an amateur stepping in surely leaves the FA in a quandary over whether a full time manager is the right path to take. Where they go from here is unknown.

And yet, something tells me we’ve been here before, and will continue the endless cycle of hope and then despair that can only be freed by death. Virtually every England manager is eventually hounded out, to the sounds of fireworks and popping corks. The campaign (mostly in the tabloids) to criticise Fabio Capello has run ever since the disastrous campaign in South Africa, but he hasn’t quit over that long-passed disappointment. In the end it was an adjourning of a player’s court case that did for him, and the nation as a whole called out for the man standing triumphant on the courtroom steps.

And many in the media would have you believe that everyone wants Redknapp now. Everyone wants an Englishman, because that’s how it should be, and foreign managers have proved to be an expensive mistake, unlike their English counterparts. This is the rhetoric used by Mark “Chappers” Chapman on the wireless last night, proclaiming the calls for Harry to be unanimous in their nature. I personally couldn’t care less about the nationality of the manager, thoughI fully understand why others feel differently. Michael Owen’s assertion that even the tea-lady should be English is pushing it a bit far, but then what would a foreign tea-lady know about stewing an English breakfast tea-bag eh? She wouldn’t know a tea cosy if it hit her in the face (not that I would condone such an action).

The response of sections of the media to Capello’s exit was sickening to be honest, none worse than the Sun’s Steven Howard, who has led a hatchet campaign for a long time. He even claimed today that Capello swearing at the players was proof that he had lost the plot, whilst in the past, failing to phone a player has been used, amongst many other things, as a reason to berate the national manager. It’s a good job Harry Redknapp never swears eh? Of course if he does, Howard will no doubt be quick to go to town on him. The Mirror’s Martin Lipton criticised him because of his treatment of Michael Owen. Sometimes, words really do fail you.

It’s poppycock of course that everyone demands the Spurs manager. Redknapp has his many friends in the media, and his charcter fits perfectly for a red-top journlaist to champion. Man of the people, always happy to talk to the press, a cheeky chappy who inspires players, plays beautiful football, entertains, and is as honest as the (winter) day is long. And unless he suddenly decides he doesn’t want the job, there is no doubt he will be the next England manager. But not everyone is rejoicing that a man with such a flimsy track-record is suddenly being portrayed as the messiah. He isn’t, though it turns out nor was he a naughty boy.

It’s just like the campaigns of old. We championed Kevin Keegan for his similar qualities – man management, passion, all those things that johnny-foreigner wouldn’t understand. Never mind that Harry Redknapp has won one trophy in his lifetime, which needless to say is considerably fewer than Capello, or Eriksson, nevermind that Capello’s stats show him to have won a greater percentage of game than anyone, his success only beaten by Alf Ramsey, for obvious reasons. Nevermind that Fabio and Sven saw us through qualification campaigns with minimum fuss, something past English managers could only dream about. Failure in finals is par for the course whowever manages, due to the rather incovenient truth that our players aren’t good enough, and don’t apply themselves properly either. Let’s not forget that Capello was installed to rid the squad of the indiscipline that was the feature of his English predecessor. As always, appintments will be made after the horse has bolted – to rid the team of previous failures by appointing someone who will introduce new flaws instead.

It is clear however that Redknapp has built an excellent Spurs team, and is having an excellent season. The “Fleet Street” propaganda campaign will have you believe that he took over a team on its last legs, and that he has built this squad of great entertainers (not quite true, not surprisingly) with no money, a true inspiration for our times. As i said, he’s done well, but somehow this isn’t as impressive as the endless list of trophies that some of his predecessors accumulated. But maybe he will be a good pick, because his friends in the media will allow him a free ride, and who knows what we could have achieved if previous managers had been allowed the same courtesy (nothing, probably). I’m not sure how happy Spurs fans will be though to see players of title rivals championing his cause on Twitter.

He will have a better relationship with the players perhaps, but these players should have been able to perform and follow orders without a best mate at the helm anyway. It is strange that we are championing a man who confesses to not be able to read or write, who has no organisational skills, whose accountant runs his life. Is this what we have been reduced to? As football365.com’s Nick Miller pointed out, as millions of Englanders talk of new hope and optimism for the future, what is the rest of Europe thinking? They’re laughing at us, that’s what.

The circus that has surrounded England over the past couple of decades has made me fall out of love with the national team. I will support them all the way, but it can never matter as much as a defeat for my club team. I  hope Redknapp is a success, for the sake of our national side. But journalists need to realise that not everyone thinks this is a new dawn, not everyone thinks he can turn the players into world-beaters, and I for one can say with confidence that I know how it will all end – the same as it always has done before. Though the bigger question is surely- why would anyone want the job in the first place?

Penalty taking is considered a test of ones nerve and resolve. Like a modern day version of pistols at dawn the battle to see who crumbles first is both exhilarating and fraught with tension. Second guessing where the goalkeeper is going to dive and trying to work out from his stance where his weaker side lies. It’s a mental test of endurance like no other and if you’re lucky enough to come out smiling the feeling of success is sensational.

Right, enough of the romance before this turns into a soppy set piece love story. For every perfect dead ball there is an absolute howler of side splitting proportion. For every exquisite spot kick there is blunder that leaves you cackling and gasping for air. As wonderful as it is to witness flawless set pieces in all their glory you really can’t whack a good old fashioned mishap.

Skying a free kick out of play, tamely tapping a penalty into the welcome grasp of a goalkeeper and missing the ball completely are just some of the hilarious clangers included in this list.

So please make sure your mouth is free of any liquids and your stomach muscles are worthy of withstanding intense laughter. We aren’t prepared to foot the bill for medical costs or laptop repair. But do enjoy this hysterical compilation of some out of the ordinary set pieces from around the world.

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Admittedly I think this was the FA’s intention all along with Capello’s comments regarding the Terry decision giving them the leverage needed to oust him from the dugout. Thankfully for them the 64-year-old chose to walk away from the position opening the door for fans favourite and media darling Harry Redknapp to take over. The outcry for the Tottenham boss to be handed the Wembley reigns is both comprehensible and perplexing in the same degree. The media’s constant glorification of Redknapp has seemingly brainwashed the rest of the country into thinking he’s a managerial genius capable of returning the glory days back to football in this country. The demand for him to be appointed ahead of another foreign coach belies all sense.

Where did this deluded theory, that only an Englishman can lead England to the pinnacle of world football, manifest itself? Oh wait, I’m sorry, it must have slipped my mind that we devised the beautiful game and only a Union Jack wearing native can bring the glory days back. Honestly I forget that football existed outside the British Isles. Short mindedness has led to people forgetting that the national team isn’t exactly the powerhouse it once was. Capello’s 15-trophy haul following spells managing in Italy and Spain must have been achieved with a variety of tactical witchcraft. There is no way he could ever have accomplished anything similar in this country. Not a chance. One of the finest coaches on this planet was doomed to fail before a ball had even been kicked simply because he was never the nations first choice. Yet Redknapp is worshipped as being the greatest Englishmen to ever grace a dugout in the last 15-years. Remind me again what he’s ever won in his career? Oh yes one FA Cup and a Division One title with Portsmouth. Hardly a CV capable of landing a top job around Europe is it? After all and statistically speaking Capello was the best England manager there has ever been with a win percentage of 66.7%. It put’s him ahead of managerial greats Sir Bobby Robson, Ron Greenwood and Sir Alf Ramsey. Surely that has to count for something, right? Not over here it doesn’t.

He’s still considered a failure. Admittedly some of his decisions sometimes left many dumbfounded. What was he thinking when he decided to place an England cap upon the amply sized cranium of serial clogger Kevin Davies? But that’s just a damning indictment of the deficient talent pool in this country. What makes everyone think Redknapp is capable of undoing a decades worth of under performing to break the mould and actually progress beyond the quarter final in a major tournament. Tottenham’s ascent up into the Premier League top three has seen the nations champion become lauded for his ability to improve players. Lets face it any team with Emmanuel Adebayor, Gareth Bale, Luka Modric and Scott Parker  would succeed. Unfortunately for him club management is significantly different to that of coaching a national team. No money to spend, limited time with players and having to make do with what is at his disposal. Redknapp’s man management is one of his strongest tools but with England games few and far between it would be difficult to forge bonds in such a restricted timeframe. Don’t even get me started on his insufficient tactical nous either. Does anyone recall Rafael Van Der Vaart divulging the secrets of Redknapp’s artful cunning when comes to playing strategy. A clipboard standing untouched in the dressing room before kick off. Is that some kind of modern inspiration technique? Is that really what you want from an England manager, someone who relies on luck to see him through? Surely a man with so little tactical understanding can’t improve the standard of the national team? Lest forget the most successful managers in the top flight are actually Scottish.

Frankly that is all brushed under the carpet, overlooked and forgotten about once Redknapp speaks to the media. They gush over him like a teenage boy lovingly gazing across the dinner hall at his high school crush. His popularity with the southern press pack and tendency to poke his head out of a car window and provide a potent soundbite has put him head and shoulders above any other candidates. Disparaging against foreign coaches has become a favoured custom for the media who’s constant chirping about English pride and all that tripe has brainwashed the rest of the country into believing Redknapp is some sort of messiah. Judging the situation from a level playing field I can honestly say there are better managers out there and a majority lie abroad. It remains to be seen whether the FA will find themselves caught up in the media love in and eventually submit to the nations desire to see loveable ‘Arry installed. According to some leading journalists he’ll play the English way. Whatever that is. Anyone expecting him to perform miracles will be sadly disappointed.

The Three Lions need a new boss after Fabio Capello resigned as the country’s trainer over the stripping of John Terry‘s captaincy, and Bernstein has stated that all options will be explored.

“No, he will not definitely be English. There clearly is a preference for an Englishman,” the executive told Sky Sports.

“I have been asked this question consistently and the position hasn’t changed. There is a preference for an English person, or a British person. But, at the end, we want the best person.

“We aren’t prepared to rule out anything at this stage. Clearly, an English or British person would have a good start on the matter,” he admitted.

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp is favourite for the vacant role, but Bernstein refused to speak about specific individuals under consideration.

“I am not going to enter into discussions on individuals, but we will do it as sensibly as we can. It will be interesting to see who comes up, who comes to us and we will put a shortlist together.

“We are in very good shape in many ways, everything is in place and there is plenty of time for a new man to get in place and do what he needs to do, and I think we are in a much better place than what it might appear.

“I believe we will get the position put in place very soon,” he concluded.

It has also been confirmed that under-21 boss Stuart Pearce will assume the role on a caretaker basis until a new manager is appointed.

By Gareth McKnight

The Italian coach stepped down from his role as national boss due to a disagreement with the FA over John Terry losing the country’s captaincy, and the Spurs tactician is the bookmakers favourite to lead The Three Lions to Euro 2012.

Despite this, Redknapp has prioritised his role at White Hart Lane over any media speculation regarding his future.

“I don’t know anything about the England job. I’ve not even thought about it,” he told Sky Sports.

“I’ve got a job to do; I’ve got a big game on Saturday with Tottenham. Tottenham is my focus.

“They’ve been fantastic to me, the Tottenham people. The fans last week at the Wigan game, it was incredible the reception they gave me.

“It wouldn’t be right to them to focus on anything else but Tottenham. My only interest is Tottenham Hotspur.

“They (the Football Association ) will make whatever decision they want to make and hopefully it will be the right decision for the country,” he stated adamantly.

Finally, The Daily Mail indicate that Tottenham will demand a £10 million fee should Redknapp leave White Hart Lane.

Spurs take on Newcastle at White Hart Lane on Saturday, as they look to hold on to their third placed standing in the Premier League table.

By Gareth McKnight

Capello appears to have fallen on his sword in protest to seeing his captain, John Terry, stripped of the captaincy by the FA board. He said shortly after his shocking resignation that: “The FA insulted me and undermined my authority.” Not many managers would be content to sit by as a board stripped a player of the captaincy, no matter how odious a fellow he happens to be, and be happy to go on in their employ. A step that essentially left Capello as a lame-duck manager desperately trying to see out the final days of his contract.

The Terry decision is the right one. He cannot go to Euro 2012 as if nothing has happened, whether he is guilty or not, it sends all kinds of mixed signals and wrong messages. He should have either stepped down (something seemingly out of the realms of possibility when dealing with the Lionheart), or been stripped of it earlier on and banned from the squad. Now we are left with the inevitable half-measure of Terry going to the championships anyway, just not as captain. It’s nonsense half-measure that’s left whoever takes over in no-mans land over the issue.

After the debacle of the Steve McClaren years, where England failed, yes, you read that correctly, failed to qualify for Euro 2008, there were calls for more order to be brought to the ranks.

The job eventually went to Fabio Capello, a manager with a truly glittering CV that included seven Serie A titles with the likes of Juventus, AC Milan and Roma, two La Liga titles with Real Madrid and a Champions League triumph with Milan. A world-class manager in every single respect and someone not afraid to crack the whip.

After the McClaren reign, during which he cringeworthingly referred to players by their nicknames in press conferences, Capello was brought in to restore order, professionalise the ranks and exert his influence over an underperforming squad.

But here is where the problem enters – he cracked the whip so hard, that he forgot to involve the media in every step of his decision-making like McClaren did. He barred them from the training ground, rather unreasonably requesting that the players focus on, you know, actually training rather than showing off for the cameras and doing interviews.

He was criticised for telling the delicate souls in the dressing room who was going to be starting just a mere hour before kick-off – a practice that is designed to mentally focus every single player in the squad. A tactic that Capello has used throughout his career to great success and is common place in clubs all over the world. But not here, oh no, not with our brave boys, they need a bit more time to adjust to being told to go out and do their jobs.

This lack of access makes finding interesting copy terribly difficult to come by for most reporters you see, so the majority took to throwing giant rocks at Capello in the manner of a child forced to stay indoors while all his friends were outside playing. And if the England job has taught us one thing in recent years, it’s that much like the captaincy now, it’s essentially as much an ambassadorial role now mixed in with a bit of PR as it is to do with coaching and selecting a team.

To put it into perspective – Capello negotiated England to two successive unbeaten qualifying campaigns with a squad that had failed to qualify for the previous international torunament. He boasts the highest win percentage of any England manager in history at 66% and lost just two competitive games.

The main criticism levelled at Capello is that he failed to get the best out of a talented England side. For those of you that still believe this current squad to be anything even approaching ‘talented’, you seriously need your head re-examining.

As far as I can work out, he’s being blamed solely for not making a group of overhyped and underperforming players overcome generations worth of  poor coaching and technical defaults in a short four-year spell. Shame on you Fabio for not teaching old dogs new tricks in the 20-odd days a year that you get to spend with them.

Capello is regarded as a world-class manager all over the world, everywhere it seems, except here. There has been a clamour for an English manager for quite some time now, with the media agenda carrying a fairly sickening xenophobic tone to it.

Mike Ingham of BBC 5 Live had this to say immediately after the resignation: “Isn’t it symbolic that he made his comments about John Terry in Italian? Looking back, the fans have found it difficult to relate to him and they have been tense and joyless years.” Before going onto offer: “My problem with Capello is that he never embraced our footballing culture.” What exactly is our footballing culture? Mollycoddling semi-talented footballers to the extent that they become excuse-making cry babies. is not a definable culture.
Neil Warnock had this to say: “He brings humour to the dressing room and that has been missing in Fabio’s time and in Sven-Goran Eriksson’s time too.” Whereas the monosyllabic Alan Shearer stated: “England should be managed by an Englishman.”

So instead of getting in the best man for the job regardless of his nationality, according to Mike Ingham,Neil Warnock and Alan Shearer we need a joyful comedian, but an english one. This apparent ‘golden generation’ is a fallacy. No manager in the world would have made England world beaters, they simply aren’t good enough. The playing field had clearly been changed, the media no longer wanted what they once called for in an England manager; all of the qualities Capello brought to the job were now obsolete, he wasn’t playing along after all.

The irony behind all of this, of course, is that if Jose Mourinho were to leave his job tomorrow at Real Madrid and suddenly become available, the clamour for an English manager would surely die down. He’s a headline-helping, quotable manager if ever there was one, and Redknapp would soon find himself out of the running, so save me this whole ‘an english manager for the english’ shtick, it’s just so patently hypocritical.

Capello has brought in a whole raft of young players ranging from Kyle Walker to Jack Wilshere to Joe Hart and made them regulars. If an Englishman had Capello’s record they would lauded for such achievement. But not Fabio, though, oh no, because he’s one of those jonny foreign sorts isn’t he.

In the interests of balance, though, I think that it’s fair to say that Capello has at least made some rather large mistakes. I’ll just list them so as to not appear unbiased – appointing John Terry as captain, leaving Scott Parker at home during WC 2010, starting both Robert Green and David James instead of Joe Hart at WC 2010, the Capello Index, the bundling of a last-ditch attempt to coax Paul Scholes out of international retirement, his handling of David Beckham’s international future, the re-appointment of John Terry as England captain.

He is not faultless, far from it, but he is immensely qualified and most importantly, widely respected in the footballing world, particularly among the players. He commands respect from everyone except journalists, who repugnantly take to creating pressure where there is none, driving wedges where none exist and question his committment, passion and decisions at every turn, always with the added help of hindsight.

In short, the press wants Redknapp as manager not just because he’s done a good job at Spurs, but just as much because he’s a rent-a-quote who enjoys a great rapport with them. Capello has and will never bow down to playing the media game, and that more than anything appears to have cost him his job.

Somewhat prophetically back in 2007 while Real Madrid manager, Capello offererd two kernels of wisdom most managers worth their salt abide by and two instances why his relationship with the British press and ultimately the England job was always doomed to failure. “I can’t stand the crap that gets talked by everyone: players, fans, the media, club officials,” and “why should I waste my time listening to people who are clearly less intelligent than me?”

Call it arrogance, call it self-serving, but Capello has been undermined at every turn and hounded out of a job that he clearly just didn’t want anymore. Hamstrung by his nationality, brutally undermined and let down on the pitch, it’s reactionary hysteria of the worst kind. He wasn’t perfect, far from it, but the rationale that he’s rubbish simply because he failed to make a rubbish team not as rubbish is both flawed and illogical.

Now it looks as if the media’s choice of England manager, Harry Redknapp, will finally get his chance. They’ve managed to get what they always wanted. After branding McClaren clueless, Keegan tactically inept and Eriksson passionless, England have just let a manager resign who is the antithesis of every single one of these attributes. Good luck Harry, something tells me that you’re going to need it.

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With Fabio Capello quitting from his role as England head coach, bookmakers have installed the Tottenham coach as favourite to succeed the Italian.

With Redknapp cleared of tax evasion charges, Eriksson feels the White Hart Lane boss has all the qualities to coach at international level.

“I think Redknapp will be a very, very good choice. He’s English; he knows his football,” the Swede revealed to Sky Sports.

“He is doing a great job with Tottenham and has done a great job with every team he’s had in the past, so I guess it will be him.

“You need to be an experienced manager used to dealing with the big names and some knowledge about international football would help. I think Harry has all these things,” the Scandinavian concluded.

Meanwhile, Leeds chairman Ken Bates has revealed that Eriksson has applied for their vacant managerial position, but will not be considered as the next man in the Elland Road hotseat.

“We’ve had Eriksson, would you believe, but he won’t be coming,” the executive told The Yorkshire Post.

“But we’re not going to make any hurried appointment because the next appointment is the big one. Not necessarily big in name but big in significance for the future of Leeds United.

“It would be any manager’s ambitions to manage a big club and Leeds is that. It also brings a wealth of unwanted applications for the wrong reasons. That’s why we’re having to be careful.”

By Gareth McKnight

The Italian coach was displeased by the governing body’s actions in regards to John Terry‘s captaincy stripping, and previously told media in his homeland that he disagreed with the Chelsea defender losing the skippers armband.

A statement on the FA official website has confirmed the news.

“The Football Association can confirm that Fabio Capello has today resigned as England manager.

“This follows a meeting involving FA chairman David Bernstein, FA general secretary Alex Horne and Fabio Capello at Wembley Stadium.

The discussions focused on the FA board’s decision to remove the England team captaincy from John Terry, and Fabio Capello’s response through an Italian broadcast interview.

“In a meeting for over an hour, Fabio’s resignation was accepted and he will leave the post of England manager with immediate effect.

“I would like to stress that during today’s meeting and throughout his time as England manager, Fabio has conducted himself in an extremely professional manner.

“We have accepted Fabio’s resignation, agreeing this is the right decision. We would like to thank Fabio for his work with the England team and wish him every success in the future,” the statement concluded.

Bookmakers have installed Harry Redknapp as favourite to take up the national position, especially since he was cleared of tax evasion charges, however Sky Sports have stated that Guus Hiddink may also be in the offing.

By Gareth McKnight

With the Chelsea defender set to appear in court in July in regards to Anton Ferdinand‘s claims that Terry racially abused him, the FA took the nation’s captain’s armband away from the centre back, much to the distain of Capello.

However Robertson has made a public statement of support for the FA.

“It’s a difficult situation and emotions are running high, but I think up to now the FA have acted very sensibly, very reasonably and come to the right decision,” Robertson told Sky Sports News.

“There were two things they had to tackle at the end of last week. The moral case, which is very, very difficult one, because in this country you are innocent until proved guilty.

“It would have been very tough to take action on that front, but then there was also the practical side of it which is that it was going to make it extraordinarily difficult for John Terry, fabulous footballer and great captain that he is, to discharge that responsibility in the white heat of this sort of publicity during the European Championship so I believe they entirely made the right decision.

“I don’t think there’s any, any way that John Terry could have carried out the very considerable duties that are required of the national captain with this sort of thing going on in the background. Every single press conference, every single appearance, everything the England team had done during those Euros if he would have been captain would have had that as a backdrop.

“Whatever you think of John Terry the person, what you think about the case that is bound to of had a very poor effect on the team. So it was the only practical and sensible thing the FA could do,” he concluded.

By Gareth McKnight