It's all so out of hand.
If Terry didn't say it, he should frankly tell his lawyers and everyone else to fudge off, make a public appearance where he tells people he didn't say anything racist and wouldn't, he should make great attempts to reach out to Anton Ferdinand, and say that so far as he is concerned, he has told the truth, he hopes now everyone will get on with it.
The TRUTH APPEARS to be that he DID say it. In which case Barton is absolutely right. He should stop squatting, brick, get off the pot and move on. The likes of him, Suarez and LFC make me sick. Drag it out out out out so as it becomes distorted by the prism of time. As for the FA, look, I hate the clam and am delighted he has been stripped of the captaincy, but in all honesty, you cannot come blundering in and make half-hearted gestures. Either make it clear he will NOT be selected, or let the squad-rule/manager sort it out. The whole thing is farcical. Further, it brings to light the absolutely ridiculous way in which Crapello deals with the squad. Why do so many 'top level' coaches still not understand good old fashioned man(and squad) management? Martin O'Neil is no coaching rocket scientist, but he is a great leader of men and individuals. Occasionally he gets it wrong (Reo-Coker @Villa) as they all do, but generally, his squads play for him. I don't genuinely believe there is an evil footballer out there, but I do believe there are some very thick ones who need guidance early on, or else they become entitled and encrusted in their own ignorance, which then becomes an impermeable layer of flimflam. Terry is one of those, no-one took him aside and squeezed the bad brick/ignorance out early in his career, instead he was encouraged to be the 'JT-warrior-warts-n-all' and here is the end result. Great job CFC, thanks for your hard work in helping an ignorant man believe it is a strength and not a weakness... Balotelli is a similar case; no-one will ever convince me that Emirates Marketing Project want to coach the bad stuff out of him, no, they like to leave it and spout platitudes publicly. They'll allow him to develop into a clam, when in fact, he is merely a confused and somewhat ignorant young man who could be steered into a great place.
I should stop now I suppose, but you get my point...