Source: Daily_Mail
Piers Morgan: John Terry is nice to kids, so they say... but so were the Krays!
You can always tell when a sportsman's arrogance has reachedunbearable, boiling-point proportions because they start talking aboutthemselves in the third person. [LNB]Thus it was with John Terry, who gave an extraordinary interview inwhich he said: 'I'm on a mission and nothing is going to distract me. Iwant to win the Champions League and Premier League for Chelsea andWorld Cup for England. I'm not ashamed to admit it. I wouldn't be JohnTerry if I felt any differently.'[LNB]I actually laughed out loud when I read that. The only missionTerry's been on recently that he ought to be ashamed of is, ofcourse, the mission to seduce his England teammate and best friendWayne Bridge's girlfriend.[LNB]A mission that has caused terrible damage to the significantly moreimportant mission of improving England's chances this summer.[LNB]Feeling blue: John Terry suffers yesterday but Chelsea's fans continue to support him[LNB]Bridge has now pulled out of the squad, unable to deal with theappalling treachery and telling friends that the worst thing about itwas Terry hasn't even said sorry. [LNB]Imagine that for a moment.You bed your best friend and former team-mate's girl, the woman heloves and has a baby with. Yet you don't even apologise to him whenyou're caught.[LNB]Instead, you calmly jet off to your gullible wife,who forgives your umpteenth infidelity yet again because she prefersbeing 'JT's wife' with all the lucrative perks it brings, to not being'JT's wife'. And you tell the world: 'I'm responding the way I'vealways done by looking straight ahead. Nobody's going to knock me offmy stride.'[LNB] More from Piers Morgan On Sport... Piers Morgan: Tiger Woods: Saying sorry is easy. The hard bit is looking like you mean it20/02/10 Piers Morgan: Youngsters just want to talk about Ferraris, says Alexander 13/02/10 Piers Morgan: High Noon showdown will decide Arsene Wenger's fate at Arsenal06/02/10 Piers Morgan: It's all over for captain John Terry. Now Fabio Capello should turn to Wayne Rooney30/01/10 Piers Morgan: Surely it's time to put the awful Gary Neville out of his misery23/01/10 Piers Morgan: Thierry Henry's the Arsenal old boy Arsene Wenger really needs16/01/10 Piers Morgan: Here's to Alexander the Great - not Coyle the betrayer09/01/10 Best of British: Morgan on Sport award for the Football Personality of the Year26/12/09 VIEW FULL ARCHIVE Not a thought for Bridge, not a glimmer of contrition for the hurtand damage he has caused. That takes a special kind of ego, a specialkind of selfishness. And he wouldn't be John Terry if he felt anydifferently because 'JT' always does whatever 'JT' wants and sod theconsequences for anyone else.[LNB]His career record shows us he's aman who sleeps with who he likes, drinks what he likes, hits who helikes, sells out to who he likes and gambles what he likes.[LNB]And the worse he has behaved, the more protective his club have been and the louder Chelsea fans have roared his name.[LNB]Afew people have tried to persuade me what a decent, misunderstood guyTerry is. One newspaper friend of mine almost welled up at a drinksparty last week as he told how kind Terry had been to his youngdaughter. But the Krays were nice to kids, too. [LNB]The truth about'JT' is that he is a pretty unpleasant piece of work, surrounded byeven more unsavoury types, who thinks he can get away with anythingbecause everyone of any authority in his life lets him.[LNB] Mr Unpleasant and Mrs Gullible: The Terrys are all fake smiles as they arrive at Heathrow[LNB]Roman Abramovich doesn't care what Terry does. But why should we expect him to? By Russian oligarch standards, the Chelsea skipper is a veritable choirboy.[LNB]But Fabio Capello could yet be the man who finally gives Terry the lesson he deserves by dropping him from the England squad altogether and inviting Bridge to rejoin it. That would surely be the right way to resolve this, wouldn't it? Punishing the villain, not the victim?[LNB]'There's a shirt on my wall at home, the one I wore when I missed that penalty,' said Terry. 'It's there as a daily reminder of what I'm striving for.'[LNB]Capello should send him Bridge's World Cup shirt from England's training camp in South Africa to stick on the wall as a daily reminder of what he's missing. [LNB]I wouldn't feel sorry for him. He doesn't feel sorry for anyone else. [LNB] Sorry, Sachin, but you're no BradmanSachin Tendulkar's magnificent, historic one-day double-century last week has prompted fevered claims, led by Nasser Hussain, that he is now officially the greatest batsman of all time.[LNB]Much as I love Sachin, and fabulous player though he is, I'm afraid he's just not in the same league as my all-time sporting hero, Sir Donald Bradman.[LNB]Test cricket is the ultimate judge of a batsman and in that arena Tendulkar's average is a very good 55. But Bradman's was an almost perfect 99.94.[LNB]So far from Tendulkar being better than the Don, he's actually, statistically, barely half as good.[LNB] Best in the world? The Indian media hail Tendulkar[LNB]I used to correspond with Bradman when I was a teenager and still treasure the long handwritten letters he would send me.[LNB]He was never coached and never told how to hold a bat. He just taught himself, had chilling self-confidence and dedication and went on to become an absolutely unstoppable run machine. [LNB]My favourite anecdote about Bradman concerns the time he was asked in his dotage how he'd have fared against the fearsome West Indies pace attack of the Eighties. [LNB]'Ah, well, I think I'd have only averaged around 75,' he said. 'Mind you,' he added, 'I am 86 now, so my eyes aren't what they used to be.'[LNB]Bradman's complete dominance of his chosen sport makes him, for me, not just the greatest cricketer of all time but the greatest sportsman. I can't think of anyone else who nearly doubled the career scoring average of his or her nearest rival. [LNB]But maybe you can? [LNB] [LNB]Good old Ashley, such a clever chapWhat can I say about Ashley Cole other than the fact that any man who cheats on Arsenal AND Cheryl Cole must be the single most stupid cretin in the history of Planet Earth.[LNB] [LNB]Jose Mourinho is the most self-obsessed, childish, swaggering, insolent, preening, irritating prima donna manager to ever grace the Premier League. [LNB]And watching him lording it as Inter Milan beat his old team the other night merely served to remind me of all these hideous, excruciating, ego-blazing character traits. I miss him.[LNB] [LNB]So there I was at Naomi Campbell's Haiti fundraising fashion show earlier this month, preparing to prance down the catwalk with her, when I spied an equally nervous, inappropriate figure lurking backstage.[LNB]It was Cesc Fabregas, captain of my beloved Arsenal.[LNB]'What are you doing here?' I asked him. 'No idea,' he replied. [LNB]'Looking forward to it?'[LNB]'No!' He was shaking like a leaf. [LNB]'Please tell me you're not leaving Arsenal?' [LNB]'I'm not leaving Arsenal,' he said. [LNB]'The last captain to say that to me was Thierry Henry. He left a month later,' I told him.[LNB]Fabregas burst out laughing. [LNB]'It wasn't funny, Cesc, it was like a family bereavement.' [LNB]He stopped laughing and apologised.[LNB] Model pro: Piers meets Cesc Fabregas at the Haiti fundraising fashion show[LNB]'Why didn't we sign a new striker in the transfer window?' [LNB]'I'm not sure. The manager said he might sign someone and I was excited about that but then it didn't happen.'[LNB]'Were you happy about that?'[LNB]'I'd be happier if we'd signed someone, especially with Robin van Persie still out injured.'[LNB]'Which striker in the world would you most like to bring to Arsenal?' [LNB]'Wayne Rooney. He can do everything. A brilliant player.'[LNB]'We can still win the Premier League, though...'[LNB]'Yes, we can.'[LNB]'And you promise you won't leave if we don't?' [LNB]He chuckled. 'I promise.'[LNB]Later, he followed me down the catwalk, looking about as comfortable as Tiger Woods in a nunnery.[LNB]'Enjoy that?' I asked him. [LNB]'It was terrifying,' he replied. 'Worse than playing in a big game!'[LNB]'Are you quitting your modelling career, then?'[LNB]'Yes!'[LNB]'But not quitting Arsenal?' [LNB]He put his hand on my shoulder.[LNB]'No, Piers, I am not quitting Arsenal.'[LNB]Three times I asked the question, three times he reassured me. Yet still I'm nervous.[LNB] [LNB]Have your sayMyself and my good lady were having a conversation the other day about the four people we'd invite to the perfect dinner party.[LNB]We decided it would be you, a Mr J Clarkson, Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson. What a night that would be. Who would you have?[LNB]Flipster37[LNB]Piers says: 'Freddie Flintoff, Barack Obama, Scarlett Johansson and Ronnie Corbett. And I'd also have Mr J Clarkson or rather his head, served on a silver platter.'[LNB]Have you come face to face with Sol Campbell yet while munching your prawn sandwiches? Bet you never expected to see him again at the Emirates.[LNB]Wisernow, UK[LNB]Piers says: 'Funnily enough, I saw him after the Chelsea game at Stamford Bridge. If looks could kill, I'd be dead.'[LNB]Tiger Woods is nauseating, you say? Well, as one of the most, shallow, sarcastic, nauseating men currently on British television, one assumes you are well qualified to make that statement...[LNB]Ptolemy Dwyer[LNB]Piers says: 'Yes, I am. Now get yourself a less silly name.'[LNB]As a parent, there is one thing you should never put in print and that's about believing in Father Christmas. Let's hope you have not spoiled the magic for any kids or us adults for that matter who get so much pleasure from seeing their faces on Christmas morning. Bah Humbug. [LNB]Sue Slater[LNB]Piers says: 'Guess this is not a good time to reveal that the tooth fairy is a load of cobblers too then, Sue?'[LNB] [LNB]
