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**Damien** · 09-02-2012, 19:15

It's not a club, it's the international side. If Terry wasn't going to step aside and Capello wasn't going to take action then the FA needed to do something. It's not uncommon for people in sensitive or public positions to step aside pending the result of a criminal trail.

We could not go into Euro 2012 with the captain awaiting trial for racially abusing another player, it would be disruptive, there was reportedly large discontent amongst the England players, and if we somehow fluked our way to the trophy there would be the risk of someone who was about to be convicted for racial abuse being forever associated with the imagery of the title. It just wasn't a realistic prospect.

09-02-2012, 19:15	#2975
Damien Remoaner Cable Forum Team Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 32,791	Re: Football Season 2011/12 It's not a club, it's the international side. If Terry wasn't going to step aside and Capello wasn't going to take action then the FA needed to do something. It's not uncommon for people in sensitive or public positions to step aside pending the result of a criminal trail. We could not go into Euro 2012 with the captain awaiting trial for racially abusing another player, it would be disruptive, there was reportedly large discontent amongst the England players, and if we somehow fluked our way to the trophy there would be the risk of someone who was about to be convicted for racial abuse being forever associated with the imagery of the title. It just wasn't a realistic prospect.