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Gary Neville brands the FA 'inconsistent' & 'half-hearted' following decision to strip John Terry of England captaincy
Ex-Three Lions defender aims a swipe at the Football Association for taking the armband away from the Chelsea centre-half, insisting that they are 'bowing to media pressure'
5 Feb 2012 12:13:00
By Adithya Ananth
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Former Manchester United and England defender Gary Neville has hit out at the FA for stripping John Terry of the England captaincy.
The Chelsea centre-half has been the subject of a race row involving QPR's Anton Ferdinand, and is due to answer the allegations against him in court in July.
Criticism of Terry in the media intensified after it was announced that his case would not be heard until after Euro 2012, prompting calls for the England captaincy to be taken away from him.
The FA subsequently released a statement confirming that Terry had been relieved of the England armband for a second time. Consequently, national team coach Fabio Capello must once again appoint a new skipper for the Three Lions.
"When you look at the England team, you see a board who have gone against their manager, a now-deposed captain who will have lost faith in the people he plays for and a manager who cannot rely on the board to support his decisions," Neville wrote in his column for The Mail on Sunday.
"It is about as far from Team England as I could imagine.
"The decision to strip John Terry of the captaincy - taken on Friday by the FA board without consulting the manager, Fabio Capello - was typical of the FA: inconsistent, bowing to media pressure and half-hearted."
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The Chelsea centre-half has been the subject of a race row involving QPR's Anton Ferdinand, and is due to answer the allegations against him in court in July.
Criticism of Terry in the media intensified after it was announced that his case would not be heard until after Euro 2012, prompting calls for the England captaincy to be taken away from him.
The FA subsequently released a statement confirming that Terry had been relieved of the England armband for a second time. Consequently, national team coach Fabio Capello must once again appoint a new skipper for the Three Lions.
"When you look at the England team, you see a board who have gone against their manager, a now-deposed captain who will have lost faith in the people he plays for and a manager who cannot rely on the board to support his decisions," Neville wrote in his column for The Mail on Sunday.
"It is about as far from Team England as I could imagine.
"The decision to strip John Terry of the captaincy - taken on Friday by the FA board without consulting the manager, Fabio Capello - was typical of the FA: inconsistent, bowing to media pressure and half-hearted."
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The general consensus, then, is that Danny Welbeck should be starting up front against France with Ashley Young supporting him. How about Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain? Did he do enough to earn a starting role at Euro 2012?
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So, that game gave a few players a chance to impress for England. Who did/didn't? Will Welbeck start against France? Or Carroll? Or Defoe?!
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Unfortunately for Northern Ireland, they are trailing the Netherlands 4-0 at half-time. Looks like that one's all sewn up then.
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We're still getting plenty of Hazard chat on Twitter. A few are now saying that he's not worth the hype, others saying he was brilliant(!?) and others (which I agree with), saying he created much of his own hype. What do you think? Get involved!
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Joe Hart has also been giving his thoughts after the Belgium game: "It was a really tough game, a good run out. I thought we played well, [but] we were a little bit bitty at times.
"But, we came through. Obviously there were a lot of changes so it's good to get the result.
"Belgium are a very, very strong side who are going to be really good in the future. Vincent [Kompany] told me about them and said that they were coming good and I totally agree with him."
"But, we came through. Obviously there were a lot of changes so it's good to get the result.
"Belgium are a very, very strong side who are going to be really good in the future. Vincent [Kompany] told me about them and said that they were coming good and I totally agree with him."
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