I listened to Dunhams radio program yesterday, and his co-presenter Micky Quinn, plus the weather girl, the traffic presenter, all told him he was wrong, but he wouldn't have it John Barns came on and told him he was wrong, and explained Jamie's logic he still didn't or didn't want to get it, and to me he's a no nothing who's looking for his 5 minutes of fame. He even admitted that Jamie Carragher doesn't bottle anythin on the pitch but refused to apologise because he has bottled the fight for a place in the England team which he was quite rightly told by Micky Quinn he didn't have and not likely to get under McClaren as by not playing him against Estonia he effectively let him know he was 5th choice center half. Mickey Quinn stood up for Carra the whole program but most of the callers where from the lower league side who don't have clue just like Dunham, and belched out a load of shite they think you should turn up wether you are picked or not and just watch lesser players take your place. The guy is a class prick and headline seeker he is best ignored.
here's Jamie's view and link.
Listen to Jamie's Interview
JAMIE CARRAGHER: ‘DON’T CALL ME A BOTTLER’
Speaking to Adrian Durham and Micky Quinn on Drivetime, Carragher said: “Don’t ever call me a bottler on radio with all those thousands of people listening.”
Asked by Durham why he wasn’t prepared to fight for an England place, Carragher said: “There’s that many people he’s [England manager Steve McClaren] played ahead of me. It’s a game of opinions. But when you’re at my age they are all younger than me, they are all going to improve and maybe I won’t at my age.
“I played in the Champions League final. There’s not much more you can do at club football. But win it which we did a couple of years ago. He played Ledley King who is a top player. But he’s been injured all season so how would you feel in my situation, what would you do? When John Terry was out [Jonathan] Woodgate played.
“I’m 29, I’ve been doing it for eight years and obviously I haven’t proved it enough so it’s not going to change now is it? It’s not like I’ve just got in the squad and I’ve jumped out.
When asked by Quinn if he thinks he will regret retiring from international football, Carragher said: “Time will tell won’t it, who knows? But as I said, for me now it’s time to concentrate on my Liverpool career.”
Asked by Durham if he would regret not playing in the next World Cup, Carragher said: “If I’m not getting a game at 29 there’s no chance of me getting a game at 32. Every centre-half the manager has picked is younger than me.”
Asked by Durham if he would come out of retirement for his country like Beckham, Carragher said: “David Beckham was the captain; he was a regular for England. I’ve never done that in the first place. The manager said the door was always open [to Beckham] and it was because he came back.
“At the moment it’s not 100% official because I’ve still got to speak to the manager before the next game. But at the moment it’s looking like that and as I said, if there was a major injury crisis and the four centre-half’s who he obviously picks ahead of me are all injured and he’s absolutely desperate then of course I would, yeah.
“I’ve had the stomach to fight for my place for the last eight years. All I can do is play as well as I can for Liverpool. I’ve never really played centre-half for England and to be honest, I’ve never really played that well for England because I’ve played a lot of the time at full back. But at centre-half, I don’t think I’ve really played as much as maybe I deserved. But that’s opinions, that’s the managers choice and if he’s chosen people ahead of me then I don’t think anyone can really complain if I would rather concentrate and save myself for Liverpool games.”
Durham then drew comparisons between Alan Shearer and Paul Scholes who both ended England careers early to concentrate on club football. “There is a difference” said Carragher, I’m only a squad player with the England team so I’m sure the England team are missing Paul Scholes and Alan Shearer a lot more than they’re missing Jamie Carragher. So I don’t know why people are so worried about it to be honest.
“I was an Everton fan as a kid growing up and now I’m a Liverpool player and the club is always more important to me. I want to give as much to Liverpool as I possibly can over the next few years. Because I don’t play that much for England, you can’t really say it’s about the tiredness, it’s more about going away and being away from the club and being away from your family.”
Asked by Durham what McClaren’s reaction to the news was, Carragher said: “I’ve spoken to him a couple of times and he still wants me to apply for the squad and I’ll speak to him before the Germany game. But I told him my feelings and that I didn’t think they would change.”
http://www.talksport.net/dart/jamies_got_beef.mp3