Wayne Bridge pulls out of World Cup

In fairness Rooney was more important to manyoo than Ronaldo was, even when Ronaldo was at his best.

Bale, however, is just an appallingly bad defender.

Have to disagree on the Rooney and Ronaldo thing but that's just an opinion and we'll never be able to really prove which was more important. I think the fact that Rooney got put into midfield to make room for Ronaldo means that Ferguson thought Ronaldo was more effective.
 
Have to disagree on the Rooney and Ronaldo thing but that's just an opinion and we'll never be able to really prove which was more important. I think the fact that Rooney got put into midfield to make room for Ronaldo means that Ferguson thought Ronaldo was more effective.

I think that was making up for Ronaldo's weaknesses more than Rooney's.
 
If Cole doesn't make the World Cup and Bridge was Capellos second choice Terry should be dropped from the team imo.

Edit: Speaking of Cole, that scum has now blamed his cheating on Cheryl's mother. **** of the highest order.
 
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Hmmmm.

John terry, one of the best in the world.

Or Wayne bridge, not even first choice.

This shouldn't even be news worthy.
 
Have to disagree on the Rooney and Ronaldo thing but that's just an opinion and we'll never be able to really prove which was more important. I think the fact that Rooney got put into midfield to make room for Ronaldo means that Ferguson thought Ronaldo was more effective.

More to counterbalance Ronaldo's weaknesses than to make room for him IMO.
 
Terry should have stepped down, the fact he didn't shows he's the scumbag we all know him to be.

I hope he gets kicked all over the park on Saturdays match, if i was a Man City player i would go out of my way to get booked kicking him.....

And an injury on the last game of the season would be sweet justice.
 
Yes, and he also plays with a lot of sub-par players, whereas at an international level the standards are higher all round in terms of ability.

International football has never even remotely come close to the quality of highest levels of league football, sure a very very few teams, like 2-3, manage to put in great performances, but the majority of teams even with very good players simply play much worse football because they don't have that level of understanding you get playing and training most days of the week.

Quite a lot of the teams going to the world cup would be beaten by the likes of Stoke quite easily and even France/Italy would have a hard time beating a Utd or Chelsea team. The level of quality of Spains football of late is a very rarely seen thing in international football.

Not sure I agree with Bridge's decision, personally I think the pride of playing for your country in the biggest sporting tournament in the world over rules an awkwardness between two people.

Man up I say :)

Get a grip, he did man up, he didn't decide not to go because it might be ackward, he decided not to go as they can't not talk to each other, left back and left centre back need to talk on the pitch, there will be tension. Everyone else will feel that tension and in general when people are arguing/having problems you tend to watch and take sides. He took himself out of the running so the TEAM doesn't get into squabbles over whose right and whose wrong.

What if Bridge makes a horrible mistake and his centre back needs to yell at him, or yell instructions at him, what if Bridge needs to yell something at Terry in the same way during a game. These games are even more important for communication than club games because of the very reasons I said, they aren't used to playing with each other, different manager, different system, different players they are playing against.

Bridge has for the benefit of the team given up the chance at personal glory and being in a potentially(theoretically, not practically) world cup winning side.

Frankly, he's done just about the bravest thing he could have, when he shouldn't be the one to have to do it.

Worst is Bridge has been outstanding since he got back from injury(first 2 games he was absolutely superb), and Terry's been pretty terrible the last couple of games.
 
Can only hope although it would seriously dent Englands slim chances at the World Cup but him getting injured would be a bit of karma for the scumbag....other than losing the captains armband, hes come out of this pretty well ie managed to keep his wife and kids.

He did get his punishment. He got a holiday on full pay with his wife that he cheated on :rolleyes:

Thats hardly going to put him off doing it again. I wonder how many other of the Chelski defence are cheating on their partners.
 
As I say, Bridge has pulled out of the next World Cup.

I'm not his biggest fan, but it's not me that picks the team.

I would however look at Terry, he's the problem, not Bridge.
 
He did get his punishment. He got a holiday on full pay with his wife that he cheated on :rolleyes:

Thats hardly going to put him off doing it again. I wonder how many other of the Chelski defence are cheating on their partners.

They should all get together for a massive gangbang and invite Gustov to watch:p

Anyhow Bridge has done the right thing imho...i suppose he put the teams wishes before himself ie didnt want to cause any friction in the dressing room or on the field so thought its best he take himself out....its a shame as hes pretty decent from what i have seen of him but what is more sadder is the fact that Terry got away with his antics...i really do hope do karma comes and bites the ugly tit on the ass...a few own goals against Man City would be a perfect start then a season ending injury to top it off...see how much he likes sitting at home with his brain dead wife who didnt have the courage to leave him.
 
Who will be left back then? Bias, but Konchesky should be in with a shout, 105 starts with us so far, never been used as a sub, been consistent at least :p. Shorey perhaps too, although not played enough. Is Warnock fit yet?
 
The sad fact is, that despite being the victim in this, Bridge was probably going to be the outcast in the England camp if he'd gone to the World Cup. When you've got the likes of Ferdinand, Joe Cole (possibly), and Lampard in the squad, all of whom are good friends with Terry, even he can see where the chips lie. Better to pull out now than end up having a thoroughly miserable time in the summer.

Should be an interesting selection choice for LB now. Lots of possibilities, but no-one who stands out as an obvious choice. We've got what, two friendlies left before the tournament? I guess that's enough to check out four players, but is Capello going to see enough of any of them in 45 minutes?
 
Warnock seems to be in good form, whether he is good enough for a potential WC challenger remains to be seen..But then I doubt Baines is neither. Really need Cole there.
 
I think Cole will be fit for the World Cup, I mean no matter what you think of him, all players want to play for their country in a World Cup (or I like to think anyway) Cole is a good footballer and will want a pop at the real big time.

I think Baines or Warnock would be decent back ups, they're both having good seasons and Warnock can play in other area's in worst case senario happened, as would Barry (he started in that position iirc). However the England boss seems to like playing him in center mid, (despite having a better player in Hargreaves but he's dead).

Bridge is a loss, but I was never his biggest fan.
 
Personally think Bridge has done the right thing for the team (and the only thing he could really do)

The problem I see it is that unless Terry is injured prior to WC, all the **** will be reprinted over and over in the summer as Terry willl be playing daily, and this kind of thing sells papers (and if anything it will be worse because its possible it could be world -wide rather than "limited" to British press)

with the above in mind - with the "small" amount of .....exposure....(sorry for the bad pun) the events have unfolded so far, Terry has already required a holiday due to sub-par performances, surely those performances will only be worse with additional pressure......so maybe he shouldnt be selected anyway in which case Bridge SHOULD be selected (instead, even though it isnt the same position), rather than lose both players
 
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