In the lead up to that, Terry was completely mugged. That situation wouldn't have happened to a better CB.
My issue with the situation is:
- the Terry trial should have already happened. If he was found guilty then he wouldn't be in the squad. If innocent then he'd be free to play. His legal team delayed the trial until after the Euro's, so IMO he should have been suspended from England duties.
- Rio is coming towards the end of his career, however in the last few months has played constantly for Man Utd and he's played really well. We need a bit of experience in the team and personally I'd pick Rio over Terry. Plus the fact that our right sided RB's are injured and so either Lescott or Terry is going to be (a bit) out of position. Lescott and Rio is IMO a very decent partnership.
- The FA/Hodgson haven't come out and explained why he hasn't been picked. "Footballing reasons" is too vague.