Wayne bridge unavailable for england

[sdm]

I know this sounds harsh, but....

He should just man up, and get on with it. He doesn't have to talk to Terry, hang around with him, or even look at him. He can just avoid him and steer clear of him. By doing this he is only making the situation in the dressing room worse, being unfair to Capello, and ruining his own hopes of playing in a World Cup, which alot of footballers out there would give their right hand to play in. Do you think that everyone in the England team are bosom pals? Bridge is hardly whiter than white himself, he gets no sympathy from me.

Bridge is hardly whiter than white himself
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Do you know him personally? No.. Then how can you make this statement..

Do you know him personally?

 

[Anonymous]

If Terry had an ounce of decency in him he would retire instead but fat chance of that happening.

 

[dannybcity]

Capello is soft as shite, he should have dropped Terry and not even put bridge in the position of choosing.

 

[Unknown_Genius]

I know this sounds harsh, but....

He should just man up, and get on with it. He doesn't have to talk to Terry, hang around with him, or even look at him. He can just avoid him and steer clear of him. By doing this he is only making the situation in the dressing room worse, being unfair to Capello, and ruining his own hopes of playing in a World Cup, which alot of footballers out there would give their right hand to play in. Do you think that everyone in the England team are bosom pals? Bridge is hardly whiter than white himself, he gets no sympathy from me.

Bridge is hardly whiter than white himself
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Do you know him personally? No.. Then how can you make this statement..

No, I don't, but he like Terry also has a problem with not being able to keep his cock in his pants...

 

[levets]

im not going on Saturday, but to the lads and lasses that are, can you please get a few Bridge songs going. I reckon he is going to get pelters off the Chelsea fans.

lets show him our support and back him all the way.

(also if De Jong is reading this, please snap that c*nt Terry in half)

I reckon he is going to get pelters off the Chelsea fans.
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I don't think he will... great article on Bridge from CFC.net

Chelsea’s forthcoming fixture with Manchester City will see the British media descend on SW6 for the latest instalment in a drama that has kept the nations tabloid gossip columnists in a state of permanent erection since the story first broke about Blues skipper John Terry’s indiscretions with the ex-girlfriend of former teammate Wayne Bridge.

For his apparent sins, JT has been pilloried by the curtain-twitching, goody-two-shoes of polite society, heckled by opposing fans and stripped of the England captaincy … risible actions which have only served to further unify the vast majority of Blues fans in their vocal support of both player and Club.

With the injury to Ashley Cole ironically giving Wayne Bridge the opportunity to reassert his claim to the England left-back berth, it’s clear that if differences do exist between Terry and Bridge they need to be resolved swiftly … imagine having our World Cup hopes dashed by a defence that wasn’t on speaking terms.

Of course it’s pure conjecture that Terry and Bridge have a problem with each other, but one things for certain, in the build up to Saturday’s match between the Blues and the Citizens, sadly the football will be taking a back seat.
Speaking as a genuine Chelsea supporter, I was hugely disappointed when Blues cult hero Wayne Bridge was sold to Manchester City for a fee reported to be in the region of £10million. Cynics suggested that £10million was shrewd business for a reserve team player, whilst Chelsea’s critics argued that the scandalous under-utilisation of Bridge since he’d returned to full fitness following serious injury was symptomatic of the problems that can be created when fashioning a squad with a bottomless pit of money.

Ashley Cole is without doubt the finest left-back on the planet, but Wayne Bridge enjoyed a rich-velvety rapport with Blues supporters in much the same way that Joe Cole does now. I’d hoped beyond hope that a solution could have been found to keep Bridge playing regularly at Chelsea, but sadly none was found … I pray to God the same doesn’t happen to Joe Cole, but that’s another story.

When Chelsea and Manchester City take to the field on Saturday, I’ll be cheering the Blues to the rafters but, make no mistake, I’ll also be applauding Wayne Bridge, affording the lad the same respect I always do because, like any returning cult hero, he deserves it.
Signed from Southampton in July 2003 for £7million in a deal which incorporated Graeme Le Saux heading south to the Saints, Bridge, then 22, was the third high-profile summer arrival at Stamford Bridge as new owner Roman Abramovich’s Chelski revolution got underway. With Claudio Ranieri at the helm, he quickly established himself as Chelsea’s first-choice left back and it was during his first season at the club that he attained ‘cult hero’ status with the Blues faithful.

It’s important here to make the distinction between ‘legend’ and ‘cult hero’. Legends are fashioned over time. These are players epitomize the spirit of the Club season in season out. Osgood, Zola and Lampard for example … and yes of course JT. Cult heroes are typically born out of adversity, typically a single flash of genius that turns a game on its head, a moment so glorious it spawns a terrace chant that endures. Dennis Wise scoring in the San Siro, Salomon Kalou crossing the ball in from the left at Anfield and of course Wayne Bridge’s 88th minute goal at Highbury in the quarter-finals of the 2003-2004 Champions League competition.

Having drawn the first leg 1-1 at Stamford Bridge, Arsenal were the firm favourites to progress to the semifinals. Genial Blues manager, Claudio Ranieri, wilting under the heavy burden of expectation placed on him by Chelsea’s new owner, had already pronounced himself a ‘dead man walking’ and the expected defeat at Highbury could well have been the final nail in his coffin.
In true Chelsea fashion, Ranieri, who had earned himself the entertaining sobriquet of ‘Tinkerman’, kept the same line-up for only the third time that season. When Reyes gave the Gunners the lead, the writing was on the wall. But the Blues had other ideas. Lampard’s equalizer gave Chelsea’s fans renewed hope and with the tie seemingly heading towards extra time, something rather special happened. A moment of pure Chelsea theatre.

‘Follow, follow, follow. There were only two minutes to go. It was Wayne Bridge’s goal that sent us out of control and sent the Arsenal out of Euro … two, three, four’.
Racing towards the Clock End penalty area, where Chelsea’s supporters were gathered, the indefatigable Bridge played a deft one-two with Eidur Gudjohnsen. Receiving the ball back from the Iceland international, Bridgey hammered the ball past Jens Lehman in the Arsenal goal. Cue pandemonium.

With that goal, Wayne Bridge passed into the annals of Chelsea folklore. He might never have played again, but he had already done enough to secure his position as a Blues cult hero.
Sadly, things started to go pear-shaped for Wayne Bridge when in February 2005, during an FA Cup tie with Newcastle United at St James Park, he was stretchered off in agony following a challenge with Alan Shearer that would leave the Chelsea man sidelined for eight months. ‘It was quite serious,’ said Bridge, recalling the gravity of the injury. ‘I broke the fibula which isn’t so bad but the ankle almost came away from the leg. I ripped all the ligaments bar one. It was hanging on by one ligament.’ The only consolation for Bridge came in the shape of a Premier League winner’s medal, for which he had all ready qualified by virtue of his fifteen league appearances during the 2004-2005 campaign.

Chelsea signed Asier del Horno as cover, and by the time he was fit again, Bridge had been marginalized and he was loaned out to Fulham in January 2006. The arrival of Ashley Cole, his main rival for the England left back position, in the summer of 2006 was to further restrict Bridge’s opportunities until Cole himself was injured. Seizing his chance, Bridge briefly made the left back position his own and it became the widely held opinion of many Chelsea supporters that he was a better player than Ashley Cole.
Despite receiving many plaudits for his performances, Ashley Cole’s return to fitness saw manager Jose Mourinho restore the former Arsenal man to left back and Bridge’s Chelsea career was once more in the doldrums. During the 2006-2007 season, further injuries to Cole gave Bridgey the chance to win a brace of cup winners medals. He played in both the 2-1 Carling Cup Final victory over Arsenal at the Millennium Stadium and the 1-0 FA Cup Final defeat of Manchester United at the all-new Wembley.

With both Avram Grant and latterly Phil Scolari preferring Ashley Cole at left back, Wayne Bridge’s international ambitions continued to be dented by a lack of regular first team football. When it came, the offer from Manchester City was too good to refuse and, all things being equal, few Blues fans would begrudge Bridgey the chance to further his ambitions at Eastlands.

Wayne Bridge played a modest 124 games (plus 17 as sub) in a Chelsea career spanning six seasons. He found the net four times for the Blues. I was amongst the privileged few to see him score ‘that’ goal at Highbury which elevated him to the status of cult hero, but it was his first for the Club which had already endeared me to the man we knew as Bridgey.

December 28th 2003 saw Harry Redknapp bring Portsmouth to Stamford Bridge for what promised to be an afternoon of festive fireworks. In the days when travelling supporters used to be housed in the lower section of the East Stand, Wayne Bridge, being a Southampton lad, had been subjected to a vile torrent of prolonged abuse by the visiting Pompey fans. In the 65th minute, with the game still evenly poised at 0-0, Bridge burst down the left flank before cutting inside, controlling Geremi’s pass on his chest, and unleashing a left-foot shot which whistled past Pompey’s Dutch keeper Harald Wapenaar into the far corner of the net. Cupping his hand to his ear Bridgey then celebrated his fine strike by scampering along the East Stand touchline much to the chagrin of the visitors from the south coast. Chelsea went onto to win the match 3-0.

Great memories, that’s why, when Saturday comes, I’ll be standing up to show my appreciation of Wayne Bridge and, as for the rest of it … as the fabulous Doris Day once sang, Que sera, sera, whatever will be, will be, the future’s not ours, to see … que sera, sera, what will be, will be.

See you at the game.

 

[levets]

Bridge is hardly whiter than white himself
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Do you know him personally? No.. Then how can you make this statement..

Do you know him personally?

Never mind Wayne, I know his parents personally... back to you

 

[alex sapphire]

I'd love nothing more than for Bridgey to kick Terry up and down the park on Saturday

zero chance Wayne will play at the weekend after this.

 

[AliceAyres]

If Terry had an ounce of decency in him he would retire instead but fat chance of that happening.

I agree. Terry needs to take a long hard look at himself over this. He should have known what the fall out would be if his "affair" was discovered by the press. His actions have already had a detrimental effect on Englands world cup preparations. Fair play to Wayne Bridge for withdrawing on the basis that he wants to avoid divisions within the squad, however, I rather suspect that those players who sympathised with Bridge will now be even more bitter towards Terry because his actions have in effect taken away Bridges chances of playing for his country in a world cup finals. I think Capello should've booted Terry permanently from the squad.

 

[levets]

Bridge is hardly whiter than white himself
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Do you know him personally? No.. Then how can you make this statement..

No, I don't, but he like Terry also has a problem with not being able to keep his cock in his pants...

for legal reasons your statement should be edited.... For your info, Bridge has only been involved with somebody since his split with Ms Peronncel

 

[Richard]

Nice one Terry. Proper good captain you are.