14 Jul 2017 07:15:36
Hey eds, question if I may. your thoughts on Carragher the player? Emotions aside. If he hadn't have been a local lad my thoughts are he would have been let go fairly soon. decent player, hardly great.

{Ed001's Note - I disagree, he was far better than you give him credit for, plus he was a leader on the pitch. It was nothing to do with him being a local lad, he was kept because he was good enough to force his way into the team every time a manager tried to replace him.}

1.) 14 Jul 2017
14 Jul 2017 08:13:13
There are plenty of "local lads" that haven't had a sniff. Why were they not kept? You don't play 500 odd games, play in Champions League finals out of sentiment. Pretty daft question really.

2.) 14 Jul 2017
14 Jul 2017 08:15:59
Hardly great? you obviously didn't take notice of him much then? he was absolutely brilliant in my opinion. You don't get to keep in a team like Liverpool for that long if your just a 'decent player' mate.

3.) 14 Jul 2017
14 Jul 2017 07:43:35
That's right Ed001. The guy could actually play and wasn't just an out and out defender who would just clear the ball each and every time. I've had more than a few pints with the lad I'm happy to admit. I remember after he played for England at OT one Saturday arvo and then showed up for a quiet pint with his mates in Bootle that very same night. I thought to myself, "if that was Beckham there would be photo's being taken everywhere and headlines in tomorrow's rags. Try getting a snap of Carra in a dodgy bootle pub with a few of his mates around, it's curtains time sunshine :)

{Ed001's Note - he was a regular in Sullys.}

4.) 14 Jul 2017
14 Jul 2017 09:41:45
Carragher was a very very good defender, nails hard and ultra competitive. He was also single minded and very driven, which is why he made it. You never once saw him give up or throw the towel in. Playing alongside Hyypia helped a lot in my opinion.

5.) 14 Jul 2017
14 Jul 2017 09:52:05
We all dream of a team of carraghers! Well definitely a couple for the back four, not sure I'd want him up front for us.

6.) 14 Jul 2017
14 Jul 2017 10:11:32
Heart of a lion. He was no stranger to scoring either - I think he was the third highest scorer against LFC after Drogba and Van Nistelroy.

{Ed025's Note - very limited ability wise RP but his commitment seen him through..

7.) 14 Jul 2017
14 Jul 2017 10:36:24
I'd have him in my all time greatest team alongside Hansen. Legend is a fitting and justified term for once.

8.) 14 Jul 2017
14 Jul 2017 10:46:05
He done exactly what he was there to do. DEFEND! Limited? What, limited to defending? Ok so he couldn't play like half the defenders of today, and they can't defend like Carra. Give me an out and out defender over a fancy dan ball playing accident prone John Stones type any day of the week. tell you what, if VVD is priced at £60 million then today Carra would be £80 million! Remember him in the CL final? Colossal.

{Ed025's Note - he done very well for himself welsh and i applaud that, would he be in my top 100 defenders?of course not i have seen milk turn quicker, besides drogba owning him and henry making him look like a statue not many fancied playing against him though...and he is a very good tv pundit..

9.) 14 Jul 2017
14 Jul 2017 09:17:12
Hi Ed1, Do you think if Rafa hadnt put him at CB, do you think he would have played as many games or stayed so long? I have to admit when at Full back it didn't suit him, as he didn't go forward much (probably under instructions)
His type of player is sadly missing from the game now, commitment, organising, shouting instructions!

{Ed001's Note - it is impossible to say but centre back did suit his style much better than other positions he had played, though he could have played the role Rafa converted Lucas to play instead.}