Carragher wary of title talk

It’s a yearly cycle. Liverpool purchase a few useful players, players come out and promise a title bid, and then the Liverpool fans hang their heads in shame by Christmas. Thankfully, the always down-to-earth Jamie Carragher is still keeping his head on his shoulders.

“People always talk about us pushing for the league, but to be honest it isn’t very often that we’ve even challenged,” Carragher said, according to the offish site.

“If we were challenging with 10 or 15 games to go then who knows?

“But just a challenge this season would be nice, to still be in the hunt.

“I think it’s only happened once since I’ve been in the team, when I played a few games under Roy Evans (in 1996-97).

“We probably should have won the league but let it slip towards the end.

“But since then, we’ve never even challenged, so that’s something we’re all looking for.”

Doubtlessly, a major move in this summer’s transfer market with spark the cycle once again, but for the present things are calm and practical.