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Brazil on a rout.It is too easy for them.
Brazil on a rout.It is too easy for them.
Brasil 3-0 Cote d'Ivoire@ico u're the n00b
I'm not distancing myself away from responsibilities. I am here as captain as Chelsea and I'm a big personality in the dressing room.
Perhaps he will convince this way:So Terry is going to confront Capello over what's wrong.
I doubt Mr. Big personality has the balls to get his mate Lampard out,which is one of England's biggest problems.
Fix'dI am here as captain as Chelsea and I'm a big personality in the BED room.
Oh god!!! Please Please Please...Let. This. Be. True.Rumors during the meeting tonight, Rooney & Terry came to blows & Rooney knocked out Terry.
Rumors during the meeting tonight, Rooney & Terry came to blows & Rooney knocked out Terry.
Should I laugh or cry? Oh wait, it's Ingurland. I dont careCapello back in charge as Terry mutiny fizzles out
RUSTENBURG, South Africa — Fabio Capello was firmly back in control of England's World Cup campaign on Monday after a player revolt launched by John Terry fizzled out, leaving the former captain isolated.
Terry had launched his abortive coup by promising to air a string of grievances at a squad meeting, even if that meant upsetting Capello.
Versions of what went on in the meeting on Sunday evening vary but leaks from inside the camp to the English media were unanimous in indicating that no other senior player had been prepared to back the Chelsea defender.
Humiliatingly, Terry was reportedly persuaded not to say anything for fear of triggering a direct confrontation with the Italian which could have plunged England's campaign into even deeper crisis ahead of their crucial meeting with Slovenia on Wednesday.
Terry's mute presence at the meeting was in sharp contrast to the tone he adopted at a press conference on Sunday, where he had boasted of his readiness to do some straight talking.
"If we feel something has to change, we owe it to the country and the manager to say it in that meeting tonight," Terry said. "If it upsets him or any other player, so what."
Terry had also claimed that he had the backing of up to eight other members of the 23-man squad but it seems none of them were willing to risk the wrath of Capello by questioning the way he runs things on or off the pitch.
According to one version of events, Terry's bullish public statement had angered his team-mates and he was told not to rock the boat any more ahead of the meeting with group C leaders Slovenia in Port Elizabeth.
That is a match England must win to ensure they avoid their earliest exit from a World Cup since 1958.
Inevitably, Terry's outburst has been interpreted as a bid to undermine Capello's position and take revenge on the Italian, who stripped him of the captaincy in February after it was reported that the Chelsea captain had been involved in an extra-marital affair with the mother of former team-mate Wayne Bridge's child.
Capello subsequently explained that he felt England captains had to set a better example with their off-the-field conduct, although he underlined his respect for Terry as a player by keeping him in his squad at the expense of Bridge, who had indicated he could no longer share a dressing room with his former friend.
It was all smiles for the cameras at England's training session on Monday morning but it remains to be seen whether Terry's misjudged challenge to Capello's authority costs him his place in the side.
That looks unlikely given that England lost captain Rio Ferdinand before the tournament and will be without the injured Ledley King and the suspended Jamie Carragher for the Slovenia match.
That means Capello has only three fit centrebacks to choose from: Terry, the uncapped Michael Dawson and Matthew Upson, who started four qualifiers when Ferdinand was injured but has since suffered a slump in form and fallen down the England pecking order.
Apart from King, Michael Carrick is England's only other injury concern with the Manchester United midfielder battling to recover from a training ground knock in time for Wednesday's match, in which he could well be involved if the Three Lions find themselves defending a lead late in the game.
L'Equipe said:The problems and friction in the French team are down to a split over one man: Yoann Gourcuff.
Gourcuff comes from a privileged family. He is smart and he is respectful - but he is also still a shy little boy. In his spare time he listens to music, watches films and plays his video game systems. He is, in his own words, a little nerdy.
In a French squad that places more value on how much money you have in your bank account, and what girl is on your arm, Gourcuff doesn't fit.
One incident occurred shortly before the World Cup. Franck Ribery and Sidney Govou had organised a night out at well known gentleman's club in Paris. Several players, including Gourcuff decided to stay home. When Ribery heard about this he immediately confronted Gourcuff and asked 'does your mother not allow you to go, you homosexual slur'
This is one of many incidents.
Ribery is the main instigator in the bullying, however he is far from alone. On the pitch, Gourcuff plays within himself. Scared because he fears the verbal retribution he will receive after the match from his tormentors.
In the squad, Gourcuff can count on only 4 real allies. His best friend Hugo Lloris, his teammate Jeremy Toulalan, elder statesmen Thierry Henry and captain and the glue that holds the team very loosely together, Patrice Evra.
When Raymond Domonech bowed to player pressure and dropped Gourcuff for France's second group match, that was the catalyst for the situation in which we now find ourselves.
Reports of groups hardly talking to each other soon surfaced, however, most notable were the French media suggestions that playmaker Yoann Gourcuff was isolated and suffering extreme verbal and even physical bullying at the hands of Franck Ribery.
"We're not all the best of friends, that's normal, but hopefully that does not translate on to the pitch," midfielder Jeremy Toulalan, a close friend of Gourcuff, said when asked about those reports.
"For instance, when I'm playing with Yoann, I'm not going to pass him the ball more just because we get on well,"
Just Fontaine, who scored a record 13 goals for France at the 1958 World Cup, was damning in his verdict on Ribery.
"Ribery? One day the mistake was made to say he was the team's brains and since, he has believed it. He is an arrogant man. He has a mood and an anger within him that is extremely unpleasant and disruptive"
UncannyWonder it is true. If it is then Ribery is a first rate ****
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Surely he looks like one