COMMENT: When John Terry leaves I am not sure how I will cope.
He is my favourite player of all time and gives 100% every single match of every single season. Topped with the fact that his heart lies 100% with Chelsea, which is something that can definitely be questioned of a fair few ex-players.
He has made it very, very clear on several occasions that he only wants to play for Chelsea and it is as simple as that. The only other certified legend that I can think of that has played with JT with that much loyalty to Chelsea is Ashley Cole. Again, he made it clear he had no interest in joining another English club.
John Terry has been at the club since 1997. That is before I was even born. The joy on his face when we win is more evident with him than any other player. He knows Chelsea inside out, possibly more than anybody at the football club. He regularly posts about Chelsea on social media as well, just like he is one of us. Because he well and truly is one of us.
If anything, this article has been written in an attempt to defend him after the ridiculous amount of abuse he gets. There are other players who have done worse than what JT has done yet are regarded as 'legends'. But because it's John Terry and because he plays for Chelsea, suddenly everything else is forgotten and everybody gets on their high horse at him.
You know what annoys me the most? Everybody talks about him like they know the guy. People open up a newspaper and suddenly think that they are an expert. It's absolutely ridiculous. Nobody concentrates on any positives either. What about what he did for my best pal Oran Tully? (search him up). He even came over to him at the final day of the season when we won the League. The pre-season before he invited him to training as well.
John Terry has done a lot for charity and all that, yet the media don't mention a word about it. People actually become so brainwashed by the media it's embarrassing. For example, everybody jumped on the Steven Gerrard bandwagon when he was leaving the Premier League, yet when Frank Lampard was leaving there was not much publicity at all!
Bit of a subject changer, but just look at the FIFA 16 ratings for Lampard and Gerrard. Lampard's rating is 79. Gerrard's rating is 84.
That is absolutely ridiculous. I just can't get my head around it. Lampard has better stats, lasted longer in the Premier League, won a ridiculous amount of trophies compared to the few Gerrard won, but because he played for Chelsea it doesn't seem to count with the press for some reason.
This is also summed up with our absolute shambles of a Football Association and John Terry... Well done Fabio Capello doing the right thing and resigning when he did. As for the second time... Somehow the FA think they are in a higher position over a person than a court of law is. Doesn't matter though, England still have Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, and Phil Jagielka. Of course they are all world class aren't they? How did England do in the World Cup again?
Back to John Terry though. I would encourage everybody actually do their own research before judging him. Always makes me laugh when Man United fans have a go at him, especially. Not mentioning any of their players but if only they researched what some of their players have got up to in their spare time...
Find me another player that has been so consistent for so long, for one club, for such a long amount of time.
The reason I possibly love him the most though? He cares about us (the Chelsea Fans) and talks to us like we are family and friends. My mate Ryan for example, he out of the blue sent him a pair of his boots. My mate Oran, he got him FREE tickets to the Chelsea vs Schalke game in 2013, with VIP access on the pitch after the game, and getting to meet the ENTIRE first team. As well as that he came back to Stamford Bridge the following day to play football with him on The Stamford Bridge Pitch. In a friendly at Kingstonian last pre-season, he sat amongst the fans. He is, quite simply, one of us.
One England captain... There's Only One England captain...
Captain Leader Legend. Have that QPR.