Burning Bridges

Wayne Bridge announced today he will not be able to help out the Queen this summer in Africa.  He claims that he is doing this to better the team, after the sopa opera that followed the alleged affair between former Blues teammate John Terry and Bridge's former lover Vanessa Peroncell.

"Sadly therefore I feel for the sake of the team and in order to avoid what will be inevitable distractions, I have decided not to put myself forward for selection."

"I have today informed the management of this decision. I wish the team all the very best in South Africa."

I definitely resepect Wayne's decision and admire what he's doing to take away the awkwardness that would be present in the British lockerroom.  However, couldn't he have made this decision sometime last month?  Since the scandal hit the media, we've had statements from JT, Vanessa, and Fabio Capello, along with a stripping of the captaincy from Terry.  If he wanted to really help the team, he would've drown this thing a long time ago.  Especially since he and Vanessa were not even really together.  Do you think he handled it the right way?

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