ScottishRoyalVictor MeldrewAF2 yeah but the USA had a poor WC coz they're shit
Maybe but would they have been less so with Harkes playing?
Who knows.
The other player thought they would have done better which is the point of the article.
BTW for England's best chance at this World Cup I would suggest that Terry with Ashley Cole and Baines or Warnock as back-up is a better proposition than Upson (instead of Terry) with Ashley Cole and Bridge as back-up.
Under normal circumstances that'd be right, and may indeed be the correct decision now. However...... because this is an issue that affects the team directly (Bridge), through association (friends of Bridge and Terry) and because its a moral issue that will have a few players no longer showing Terry respect on the pitch, perhaps there's a chance that the team will be weaker as a unit with Terry still in the side.
As you say there is a chance that the team will be weaker as a unit but do you really think that the players won't show Terry respect?
Don't forget that nearly all top players live in a completely different world from us with different ethics and IMHO where they regard cheating both on and off the pitch as o.k.
