John Terry Wants More Cowbell Arrogance

I don't know what draws me to soccer players and their range of fire from "quiet" to "engulfing inferno", but they're just so damn fun to write about. And especially the dialect they use to get their point across:

Terry has told his England team-mates to play with a touch of arrogance when they face Russia in their make-or-break Euro 2008 qualifier. England captain Terry agrees with Steven Gerrard's claim that England's squad has enough talent to beat any team in the world. But the Chelsea defender acknowledges that Steve McClaren's side have often been too timid when they should be dominating opponents. Terry wants to see England back up his belief they are a superior team to Russia by taking the initiative from the start on Wednesday.

As they should be, because until just now, I was unaware that Russia even played soccer. I thought they just participated in stereotypical events like vodka chugging races, hunting with AK-47's, and my personal favorite, Hump until you make beautiful Princess, dah!

But if they start doing this other stuff outside of their stereotype, what am I going to write about? C'mon... it's Russia. Isn't there always a blizzard brewing over there? And poor, old little ladies litter the streets with pigeon food? And the alley dumpsters are filled to the brim with bullet shells and dead bodies?

And speaking of stereotypes, when aren't English people not arrogant? Aren't their noses naturally by birth tilted towards the sky?