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World Cup rumours swirl around Gerrard and Terry
Sunday tabloids expected to unleash flood of gossip surrounding supposedly poor relationship between Steven Gerrard and John Terry
Football fans still bemused by England's inexplicably poor showing in the World Cup are waiting with bated breath for the weekend, when the first Sunday papers since the team's lacklustre exit from the tournament are published.
And the Sunday tabloids are expected to pull no punches in their assessment of what went wrong for the so-called Golden Generation.
Rumours abound that when John Terry told the press he and his teammates were planning a 'clear the air' meeting with Fabio Capello following the 0-0 draw with Algeria in their second World Cup group match, his problem was not with the England coach, as many newspapers assumed, but the man who succeeded him as team captain, Steven Gerrard, who himself has been at the centre of considerable gossip on the micro-blogging site Twitter.
It is thought Terry was still upset over losing the England captaincy after revelations of his affair with Vanessa Perroncel, the former girlfriend of fellow England player Wayne Bridge, were made public.
Reports are already suggesting it was the poisonous relationship between Terry and Gerrard that was at the root of England's poor performances, with teammates also choosing sides. This Sunday, more details of the reason for their falling out may emerge.
Meanwhile, William Hill has reported a surge of bets being taken on Ashley Cole being the most unpopular person in Britain. Quite how Cole’s popularity is to be measured to resolve the bets is not specified, but he is quoted as 1/3 to take the title.
William Hill points to Cole’s treatment of his wife Cheryl, who he cheated on, and a recent text in which he said, "I hate England and the fucking people!" as reasons for his unpopularity. ·
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Can this be true? Musical knuckles in the FA?
Most of the "team" should now be dismissed and Fabio should start to seek players who want to earn the honour of pulling on an English shirt, as for the comments from Ashley who the f**k does he think pays for his luxurious lifestyle?
He is a money grabbing SOB as are most of the other non combatants we had difficulty in understanding when the plane that returned them to the UK shut down the engines as it was difficult to differeniate one whine from the other.
We must seek a dedicated person to MANAGE the team with out the restrictions of the bloody awful members of the PFA (the P is used as a courtesy as just to use FA would show the real feeling of their credibility). As a nation we have consitently rebuked the better managers as they may cause the old farts at the FA to spill their coffee. The whole system is rife with the funny handshake brigade who have only one interest in their career and that is to look after number one.
Perhaps we should now, and I quote the previous encumbment of the title of chief of the FA whilst standing on the steps of the old FA headquarters, hold a full and a thorough investigation.