I Say Punch Him In The Face!

All eyes will be on Wayne Bridge and his girl’s ex-lover John Terry just 2 minutes before kick-off when, as per Premiership rules, they’re supposed to shake hands. It’ll be interesting to see what Bridge would do especially after turning his back on the England squad for the Egypt game and the ‘10 WC because of the presence of his former national skipper John Terry.

Now it is said that a professional should be a professional and leave all his personal problems with a counterpart outside the pitch. But what would you do if one of your colleagues/team-mates stabs you in the back by shagging your girl when you’re away? Especially if you’re a rubbish footballer, present in the national team only because the 1st choice left-back is injured and are getting any little importance only because of the a fore-mentioned incident/tragedy?

I’d say you punch that SOB so hard it knocks him out!

This novel idea was actually suggested by former Liverpool midfielder Craig Johnston. Here’s what he had to say; “Mate, this may sound a little Aussie, but once you’ve hit a bloke in the face, everything else becomes a bit secondary. Afterwards, you kind of forget all the other stuff and put your differences aside.”

And I’d really like to see Bridge do that. Now who hasn’t ever done that? And you gotta agree that it works. You kind of feel relieved. And to be honest, Bridge’s been quite a twunt in the whole incident actually. If he’d have balls he would have already confronted Terry or at lest issued a strong public statement.

All he did was back out of the national team when he could’ve actually met Terry face-to-face or at least made a statement. In stead, he backed out letting everyone know how big a loser he is!

All this has left Don Fabio look pretty stupid after all that he did for not only the image of the national squad but also for Bridge. Capello, who has the look of someone who might not consider the Johnston approach, has not taken this as final and has indicated that were Bridge to have a change of heart the door would always be open for him. Which, when you consider Bridge’s recent performances, was quite a statement!

You got to feel bad for him though. Three of his back four already have suffered tournament-threatening injury. The fourth’s brain appears to be in turmoil. To lose one of his favoured substitutes over an affair of the heart must have him shaking his head in despair.

One thing is for sure, it wouldn’t happen in Italy. Over there, never mind the feelings of emergency left backs, they make blokes who sleep with other blokes’ wives and girlfriends the Prime Minister.

But anyway, all said and done I’d really like to see John Terry get a hard knock on his face after all the rubbish he’s been doing. It’s that air of arrogance you see on his face even after all this that annoys me the most. Not once has the man had the courtesy to apologize to either Bridge or the fans.

What do you say?