Is Capello right to strip Terry of the England captaincy?

[soze]

Apparently Terry had a chance to keep the arm band all he has to do was offer to stand down. But in refusing to do that's its felt he sucked the England captaincy into this whole problem and put himself above the position so he had to go. If he had offered to stand down he would have got the England camps backing as this had nothing to do with Football.

That was on a Jock football phone in who were talking about taking bets for this being the reason England don't win.

[Ch3tan]

I don't buy that soze, the only way for the media fever to die down, and make this a non story was for him not to be captain. Even if he stood down himself. He clearly has the backing of the England camp and FA anyway, or they would have said more. Capello has handled the situation well, you can tell he really cannot stand the tabloid press and doe not want to give them anything to run with.

[Marc]

Originally Posted by Raven

At the end of the day all he has done is shag some random slapper who has also shagged half the Chelsea squad. Move on Daily Mail readers.

You see, this is the kind of attitude that sums up whats wrong with society.
Big deal, he shagged someone, move on. Except for the fact he had a wife and children. If Terry didnt get some sort of punishment, it would send out the message to the millions of children that idolise people like Terry, that its totally fine to cheat on your wife because whats the worst that will happen? Nothing.

Like it or not, professional footballers are role models to millions of kids and are such a privaledged position that they should act as clean as they can.

As the great Wayne Bennet said about the legend Alfie Langer "Tell your kids: have a great time, enjoy your sport like Alf did. And you can have fun without being an idiot."