England captain John Terry attends a media conference at the team hotel in Watford, north of London March 22, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

WATFORD, England - Thirteen months after being stripped of the England captaincy, John Terry knows he will be the fall-guy if the team's results take a turn for the worse after regaining the armband.

England's buildup to Saturday's 2012 European Championship qualifier against Wales has been overshadowed by coach Fabio Capello's decision to restore the captaincy to Terry, having previously removed it following newspaper allegations about the Chelsea defender's private life.

"I'm not daft," Terry said ahead of the trip across England's western border to the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. "If we go there and win the game, it'll be a great stepping stone for us. If we don't get the right result, I know where the fingers will be pointing. I'm not silly. I'm a grown man and I'm prepared to deal with that."

The captain of a team is usually a unifying force. Not so with England, where Terry accepts he's "not going to be everybody's cup of tea."

"It's not important at any football club and we are no different here," he said. "There are certain players at clubs who don't get on with each other. We know that, that's life."

England manager Fabio Capello (C) gives a team talk including Wayne Rooney (L) and John Terry during a team training session in London Colney, north of London March 22, 2011. [Photo/Agencies]

There were no dissenters, however, at training on Tuesday morning in front of Capello.

"He called us together, he spoke, saying 'John will be permanent captain again, He's done well on and off the field over the last year. Anyone got any questions or things to say?,"' Terry recalled. "No one said anything ... so I'll respect anyone who comes to me personally and we deal with it one on one."

But facing his teammates again as captain and a barrage of hostile media questions made Terry anxious.

"I had the worst night's sleep ever (on Monday)," Terry said. "I was pretty nervous to be honest. Coming out today and having to deal with the questions and stuff like that. It was like the first day back at school, really, an intimidating thing, even though I've been in this position many times before."