In Denial

As a connoisseur of the mechanics of psychological projection and denial I found myself chortling with delight at John Terry's recent post-match interview following his sending-off against Barca for what was, even for Terry, an egregiously idiotic act. The genuine sincerity with which he informed the world, more than once, that he wasn't that kind of player and the pained look as he acknowledged the video of said egregiously idiotic act showed that he was precisely that kind of player and a bit more, will stay with me for ever as a bleakly hilarious example of disassociation of the highest order. I reckon he could have beaten the lie-detector.