There's only one Carragher

A fanzine on sale outside Anfield on Tuesday night carried the headline: 'We Dream of a Team of Jamies', complete with mock photograph of 11 versions of the same doughty defender, all concave of cheek and piercing of eye. Carragher has been one of the unsung heroes of the season in England, though not on Merseyside. His consistency, concentration and old-fashioned honesty would make him a candidate for Player of the Year but for having to share the Anfield stage with Steven Gerrard and the excellence of Frank Lampard and John Terry in a Chelsea side challenging for the title.