A word on John Terry.

A word on John Terry.

Done to death, but yeah.

I couldn't care less about all the attention leant to celebrity, feeling the best way to make it go away is ignore it, and I watch Match of the Day for the pure ballet of the performances, rather than consciously taking note of and analysing individual players. But John Terry's antics (he ploughed Wayne Bridge's bird, as one would say in one's rathskeller of physical recreation to one's chums) are part of work, play and the big game that deserve moral confrontation from all corners, including unread corners of the blogosphere like this one.

So, the FA have failed to comment thus far. That makes sense. What the hell should they have to say about it? But on the front of those more involved in this one player, Capello is keeping him in as cap'n, and Chelsea feel it wrong to interfere with his private life, and in fact, wish to offer him support.

I don't like John Terry in the first place, but this confirms it. It practically brands on his forehead that he's the epitome of everything that's wrong in football today. He's one of the most highly-paid players on earth, has had corrupt dealings, and he's officially and adulterer. But what launches this off into the intergalactic realms of free market idiocy is that he's pretty much the biggest role model for young boys in this present day. His name is now one of the biggest in football, and whenever I come across pictures of some kid with a player they admire, it's John Terry.

So, whenever they gaze up to their Terry poster with sparkling eyes, they stare in admiration at an uppity get who probably can't park his Koenigsegg properly without making sure that he's crushed to death several Cambodian orphans under its wheels.

Onto the practicality for football, he now captains a team without respect for him. That contradicts any attempt at true captaincy, talent or no talent. Instant fail John.

But still, he's defended. The vested interest is fairly obvious, as he functions as the core of two important teams, Chelsea and England.

And yes, he is talented, but it doesn't wash with me. In any respectable career this would rightly ruin him, unless he was at the top of the ladder of some frothing corporation which would leave it up to him whether he should fire himself or not. It may be his private life, but once something of such magnitude is found out it must be treated as a reference. Otherwise we completely dismiss the magnitude of when the worse comes to the worst in relationships and betray our moral grounds.