Terry and the press

I think it's pretty hard to like John Terry given his previous actions. His indiscretions have disqualified him from leading the national side and the media love to jump up and down on his reputation. Why on earth did he decide to come out and hold that stupid press conference?

A player with a rap sheet like Terry's cannot command sufficient respect to lead criticism of the coach like that. He was clearly unhappy with the USA and Algeria results, as were the press (and the fans), but Capello still has a great deal of authority. The strength of England's qualifying campaign and the fact we can still get out of Group C means that Capello was always going to be given the leeway by the press to make his own decisions. They were never going to back Terry and call for the manager to heed his advice.

Terry has made a series of bad judgements in his life and this was another. No one even cares if he has valid points - and playing Joe Cole instead of Lennon or Wright-Phillips is a very good point - because he has lost the respect needed to make them. He simply has to learn to avoid the press. That they would turn on him and see him as a troublemaker was absolutely predictable.