It's all Thatcher's fault
She destroyed the working class culture of that country. Let's take John Terry's case, and it's just a case. In September 11th of 2001 he caused an international scandal when he mocked, all drunk, some american tourists that were mourning the terror attacks. In 2002 he was prosecuted because of a fight. In 2008 he was fined because he parked his sport car in a car place for physically handicapped people. At the start of this year he tried to achieve that a Judge would prohibit to pubblish that he shagged the wife of Wayne Bridge.
It must be something family related, because yesteryear her mother was fined because of thieving in some big supermarket, and his father was caught selling cocaine. We're not talking, we must remember about a humble family: Terry comes from a normal family and he had all the opportunities to play football.
I think that the English footballers, more even so than the rest of footballers, would need some of the old working class discipline. The discipline that was reincarnated by Bill Shankly, the mythical Liverpool coach. One day, the CB Tonny Smith went to a training session with a bandage in the knee. "Remove that poof bandage" ordered Shankly, "It hurts" answered back Tommy Smith, one of the toughest defenders in England, "Your knee? that knee is Liverpool's" answered Shankly"
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Well, at least the press in my country are right on Shankly and Terry
