It would be ironic if the players themselves chose to wear it and then done just the opposite of having and showing respect. But it's the FA/UEFA/FIFA who demand that it is worn in order to promote respect amongst the players and hope that it transcends all the way up to the stands too. Just like the kick it out t-shirts of the kick it out campaign and just like this anti-racism armband proposal now. It's an initiative to try and discourage racism from everyone by the football organisations.
Ok please provide me with proof that he lied about this. And yes he is our perfect captain - a true leader and a winner. Exactly what we need and deserve.
Now that was a bit needless.. you seem to imply that all Chelsea fans are gloryhunters... Yes we have a fair few which actually irritates me. I hate having the gloryhunters at the club but they do fill the seats at SB and keep the money flowing in with shirt sales etc. All the tourists also get on my nerves. I would love it if we only had proper hardcore supporters at every game but that just isn't going to happen is it?
It's not his choice to wear it, it's UEFA's. What do you want him to do, go against them and decline to wear it? Because that will really do him a huge favour. Besides, he has denied racial abuse and there is very little evidence of it, therefore even if it were his choice any arguments of hypocrisy would be foolish. My advice to you is to stop reading the Daily Mail and jumping on the already hugely overloaded bandwagon.
De Canio, get it right. "Sono fascista ma non sono razzista..." He can **** right off with that. Shame on those yokels for employing him.
I don't think anyone is having a go at Terry himself for wearing the armband given all the captains have to. Some people are outraged that the club won't strip him of the captaincy but far more people just find it mildly amusing that after, by Terry and the club's own choosing, dragging the whole affair over more than a year, Uefa would choose now to step up their anti-racism efforts in a way that happens to put Terry back into the limelight.
Well we all know who you previously installed as your captain so by your own admission you yourselves aren't even a half decent club. Despite a lot of what you posted being incorrect some credit goes to you for not including the fact he got fined for parking in a disabled bay, which is one of this century's biggest crimes or so I'm told by the media. Care to now post us all the positives he done for Chelsea as a whole or as a representative of Chelsea the FA and football in general? You would probably exceed the character limit by far. Not that you would like to admit to any of it of course.
I'm above the age of 12 so I don't tend to wear replica kit. I just find it a bit odd that you think Chelsea have done something to deserve success.
Why would we strip him of the captaincy based on something which is unproven? It's something which Terry himself denied, had very little evidence to support it and a court found him not guilty of. Unless there is another reasoning to it you mean. We here at Chelsea would all much rather this whole affair did not exist, let alone drag on as it did. We didn't raise any of the issues. It done no one any good including ourselves and we have seen just how damaging it has been. When you think about it this whole issue was caused by one word, ONE word, that Terry chose to you in a combination with and placement between two other words. Had he not done that, regardless of the context he states he used them in, none of this would have happened. However do you think it's right that he faced a criminal conviction based on the particular way he used one word in conjunction with words, whilst other footballers are clearly and intentionally assaulting other players and face no criminal action at all?
Post still valid mate as I never heard of a de canio, either way mate I was just using that as an example to the post I was replying to Anyway I'm more interested in my rangers than the racist cu t terry
I'd argue that asking for the case to be delayed for several months suggests the club had every intention of dragging it out. Undeniable proof isn't necessary in football, that's just the way it is, and it sends out the wrong message to keep him as the captain when the FA panel have found him guilty. It's still more likely he did it than didn't- both bodies have said as much. Obviously he'll always be the de facto captain, so his influence on the team/club need not diminish, though many Chelsea fans wish it would, but it would have the same effect as removing a knighthood from a disgraced banker would- none in reality, but more satisfying than doing nothing.
Well I respect you for that alone at least. Is that an acknowledgement of Terry's class if you're saying he's more than we deserve? He's our youth product anyway. But since you seem to be talking about our success as club, I'm basing it on the fans I know and my own unwavering support of the club through thick and thin and devoting our love, passion, time, effort and money to the club. If you mean we don't deserve it due to spending a lot of money on players, managers, coaches etc. money which we didn't earn ourselves, I myself don't have any input on the way the club is run. I don't own the club or work there so have no control over the ongoings. I can however say that a very, very, very small amount of the money I have spent on Chelsea has gone to financing them. Plenty of fans of most other clubs deserve the same, but have never and probably will never witness such a thing. Which is why I am so grateful for it.
No worries, am raging at these scum in denial. Rotten to the core club from way back as far I can remember and I'm talking over 40 years. The Shed, the headhunters, their takeover by the Russian Mafia, their racist captain and his criminal family , Cashley with his air rifle and phones up his arse... My cousin was born close to SB and is a supporter, he's a ****.
That's a fair explanation. The original point came across as a bit pompous but this one clarifies it.
