11 Dec 2025 08:02:23
Why does everyone hate Carragher?
The spitting incident was abhorrent but it was luckily after his playing career. He was a one club pro, gave it everything each week knowing that he wasn’t technically or physically gifted. I remember fans wearing T-shirts ‘dreaming of a team of carraghers’ and chanting his name week in week out. He also knew the right time to retire (this is very useful to the club so as not to cause trouble or waste wage money) . Personally feel the hate is unjustified despite not agreeing with his Salah rantings.
Ed 001 what’s your opinion?
{Ed001's Note - because since retirement he has turned into an utter prick on TV, spouting idiotic nonsense just to get a reaction. It is embarrassing.}
11 Dec 2025 19:38:40
LLTK even Stevie Wonder can see that Carragher has turned into a complete and utter twat.
11 Dec 2025 19:50:42
He was a prick when he played. Was a terrible player. Give 100% but couldn’t defend . One of the luckiest players to have played for lfc . Had a good career just happened to have hyppia next to him.
11 Dec 2025 20:11:42
Yeah I don’t get it either. If you know or assume he’s just saying stuff for attention then why let it bother you so much.
I don’t prescribe to that idea anyways. Does pundits have to drive a narrative but it works better when they’re just themselves and sharing their opinions. Like Roy, I think Cara is like that.
Also don’t think anything he’s said is terrible controversial either tbh.
11 Dec 2025 20:17:32
LLTK, Baz is one of the good guys, I can’t remember a post from him where he has uttered a bad word about anyone. So if he says someone is a utter twat, it’s safe to assume that someone is one.
11 Dec 2025 20:46:26
Very surprised you think he was a terrible defender. I thought he played a massive part in our success albeit not the best natural football player.
11 Dec 2025 20:48:13
Baz, Carra talks a lot of sense in my eyes.
11 Dec 2025 20:55:19
There is so much to deal with here. First off, Carragher was not a terrible player. He got the same offline stick that Slot now gets, but none from the in-stand supporters.
The guy gave every part of his being in every game. Even back then online fans wanted him replaced with a random 2nd division defender - bonkers idea: SG got our attack up and running vs AC, but all anyone talked about the next day was JC - and the mild hilarity that he had ripped 2 groins to keep us in the game (the commentator really said it) .
I am all for analysis of each coach and pundit, but struggle with the selective arm reaches of, dare I say it, a new generation of fans who can’t be bothered with the awful moments of defeat, and then don’t enjoy the more rare moments of success a club might have.
11 Dec 2025 21:26:09
Why was the spitting incident ‘luckily after his career’? For one thing he had moved into another career but perhaps it would have been even luckier if he’d never spat at anyone ever?
IMO, he was a great clubman and a decent player but with limitations. As an ‘expert’ summariser and pundit he sometimes loses the connection between his brain and his mouth but, as with other pundits, short of outright slander, the ‘powers that be’ at Sky are happy for him to be controversial as it is good for Sky subscription levels. Again, imo he has nothing really insightful to say.
11 Dec 2025 21:57:55
I think he’s spot on in most things he says. And as for his playing career, he should be celebrated more than most. To call him lucky because he wasn’t born with natural talent is bizarre. He worked his arse off to achieve what he did and got the maximum out of his limited ability.
The fans used to sing about a team of Carragher’s that’s how adored he was and no amount of revisionism will change that.
11 Dec 2025 22:03:12
"Ed001's Note - because since retirement he has turned into an utter prick on TV, spouting idiotic nonsense just to get a reaction. It is embarrassing".
Essentially, the Sky Sports version of Steven A. Smith.
11 Dec 2025 22:12:00
BB thank you for your kind words. I never and would never come on here to verbally abuse anyone. Unfortunately JC says things to make himself relevant he doesn't need to get involved as much as he does. I don't think that anyone on the site actually has a firm idea of what went on. If anyone has a firm idea it will be Ed001.
11 Dec 2025 23:49:24
"Lucky"to play over 700 times for one of the worlds biggest clubs. i give up.
11 Dec 2025 23:59:44
Jeez, I wonder what hell Alan Hansen would attract on these pages. He was instrumental in our 80s success, but was brutal as a pundit when he retired.
Jamie Carragher might tell us things we don’t like to hear, but let’s not denigrate his service just because his views hurt our feelings (or make us feel so in this idiotic age) .
He was a titan when we were struggling; in my view as key to our success as SG in difficult years.
While you may not like his protective fury of LFC over Salah’s comments, it is worth remembering what he gave to this club. If his views have you reaching for the moral back-up of his spitting on a car (ugly, yes), just ask yourself this: have you ever done a single thing you might be ashamed of? Now put it on camera, share it, and then let’s begin.
12 Dec 2025 07:14:56
Might be against the grain here but I like listening to carra as a pundit and I find him v interesting. Particularly on sky, the American show he does can get bit silly at times but I don't really watch it.
As regards what he said about mo, I agree with it, it's exactly what I would have said myself.
As a player he was also excellent for us,05-08 he was outstanding and there would've been no Istanbul without him. He also tried to play on with a broken leg for us, couldn't see many attempting that nowadays!
The spitting incident was awful, no excuse for that and I'm sure he will regret that forever.