As good as he was for England he's an odious man with a history of baggage, and yet still gives the impression of feeling hard done by, by the FA.
Good player in his prime, but showed last season that he's on the way down in ability anyway. Good riddance to a horrible human being.
We aren't short of centre backs either, admittedly none world class yet, but then neither was Terry when he begun his England career. Now's the perfect time to see if the likes of Shawcross, Smalling, Jones, Cresswell, Cahill or Lescott can step up with a continued run in the England side - only with regular international exposure can the next batch progress.
On the matter of retiring from international football, to most it's a disgrace, it's infuriating to those that will never get the opportunity to play for, let alone deliver a snub to your country, and for the likes of Brown, Foster, Robinson & Carragher etc to do it, players who obviously where never the best in their position and thus not worthy of a starting place anyway; it just smacked of throwing their toys out the pram; 'if I'm not starting then I'm not playing'. Terry, despite being one of my most hated players I can kind of understand, even if I don't agree with it. But how can you as a proud proffessional, as a fully fit former England player sit around at home, knowing your country is playing football and you could be out there representing them, supporting their cause. Adams quote above was right, or look at Beckham, ridiculed constantly throughout his career by the country he always stood by, effigy's made and hung, mocked because of his voice, dropped by McLaren for a PR stunt, yet he always stood by and was always proud to put the shirt back on. Even when McLaren turned tail when he realised the Euro's were drifting away, how many of Carragher, Terry, Brown would of sulked and told him to stuff it, not Becks, he was always proud to play for his country and would never let them down if they called on him. It's the way it should be.
