The news broke this morning that the FA had finally taken some action over the John Terry racism affair. Terry has been stripped of the England captaincy with immediate effect. Of course the inadequate FA fell short of suspending him from playing for his country and it’s unlikely that Terry will be big enough to remove himself for selection. It’s horribly hypocritical that the FA haven’t suspended him from duty, Lee Bowyer and ex-Spur Johnathan Woodgate were suspended from international duty whilst awaiting and on trial for their part in a racist assault.
With Terry gone from the job though, the talk is now of who will succeed him. It’s thought that Capello’s own line of succession goes Rio Ferdinand, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard. Through form and fitness or both it should be noted that t...