Saturday, July 24, 2010

August Break

What have I done?  I've joined a thing where I have to do stuff EVERY DAY.  It's only taking one picture per day for a month, but for me that's a huge commitment.  Additionally I have no photography skills whatsoever.  Actually, not true.  I think you're not supposed to shoot into the sun.  So there you go, I do have some knowledge.

Wish me luck...


Friday, January 29, 2010

Does anyone like John Terry?

A man, a footballer, the Chelsea and England captain no less.  He is respected for his footballing and feared for his attitude on the pitch.  He is clearly a leader: the various coaches under whom he has worked have recognised this and consistently given him the captain's armband.  At Chelsea he is known, and likes to be known, as a fixer:  any problems you have, go to JT and he'll sort it.  He has the respect of his work colleagues.  A role model certainly.  A good role model?  Doubtful.

What I'm wondering here is...  Does anybody actually like him?  He comes across a man utterly without humility.  Tales in the press and from people I know who've met him in various situations lead me to feel nothing but revulsion towards him.  He parks in a disabled bay in his Bentley and when asked to move it comes out with the immortal line of, "Don't you know who I am?"  A friend walking past a nightclub in London manages to be in the right place to catch a drunken girl falling into the road, but then gets accosted by one of her party for 'trying it on'.  Terry again.  Caught by a newspaper sting selling access to Chelsea Football Club's training facilities, without the club's knowledge and against their rules.  Our role model and team captain John Terry.

And today the latest allegation, about a situation where 'a married player' had an affair with a team-mate's partner, with said team mate ending up eventually leaving the club.  I say 'a married player' because the situation is the subject of a super injunction preventing any reporting not only of the situation, but also of the existence of the injunction.  Just to clear things up, it's John Terry.  Sue me.  Please.  I have no money and own absolutely nothing.  Please sue me.  So obviously the woman in question liked him, to engage in an extra marital affair with one of the country's highest profile footballers?  You know, I'm not so sure.  Flattered by the attention from someone so powerful?  Absolutely.  Seduced by the excitement of the affair?  I suspect so, with it being John Terry that would ramp up the risk/consequences of being found out and therefore the excitement.  I really do wonder if she actually liked him though?  Now, in the cold light of day looking back I wonder how she feels about him.

So John, do you have any friends or only acquaintances?  How many of these people around you actually like you?  How many will still be with you when you're found out in public I wonder?