Back as captain, Terry wary of becoming fall-guy

Posted Thursday, March 24, 2011 by chinadaily.com

Back as captain, Terry wary of becoming fall-guy
England captain John Terry attends a media conference at the team hotel in Watford, north of London March 22, 2011.

WATFORD, England - Thirteen months after being stripped of the England captaincy, John Terry knows he will be the fall-guy if the team's results take a turn for the worse after regaining the armband.

England's buildup to Saturday's 2012 European Championship qualifier against Wales has been overshadowed by coach Fabio Capello's decision to restore the captaincy to Terry, having previously removed it following newspaper allegations about the Chelsea defender's private life.

"I'm not daft," Terry said ahead of the trip across England's western border to the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. "If we go there and win the game, it'll be a great stepping stone for us. If we don't get the right result, I know where the fingers will be pointing. I'm not silly. I'm a grown man and I'm prepared to deal with that."

The captain of a team is usually a unifying force. Not so with England, where Terry accepts he's "not going to be everybody's cup of tea."

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