Athletico Easthamico 3:33 Sat Jan 30
Jamie Carragher talks about the ghost of Scaloni.
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Jamie Carragher says he would have strangled this West Ham player
A decade on from Liverpool's epic FA Cup final win over West Ham United Jamie Carragher has made a shocking revelation.
A decade on from Liverpool's epic FA Cup final win over West Ham United Jamie Carragher has made a shocking revelation.
Back on that sunny day in Cardiff in 2006 Reds legend Steven Gerrard's last gasp thunderbolt rescued Liverpool in that epic final and broke Hammers hearts.
So painful are the memories, many West Ham fans have admitted they have never watched the game again since.
But a decade is a long time in football and now West Ham, on the brink of their move to the 54,000 seater Olympic Stadium, are challenging the Premier League elite.
Slaven Bilic's side are sixth in the table, one place above Jurgen Klopp's side with one eye on the Champions League places.
The sides go head-to-head for the third time this season with the Hammers having already done the double over them.
The ghost of Scaloni
But ahead of the FA Cup match Hammers fans are still haunted by the ghost of Lionel Scaloni, the Argentine right back who's naivety - coupled with a lack of sportsmanship from Liverpool - cost West Ham their first major trophy since 1980.
Scaloni was arguably to blame for Gerrard's famous equaliser after he put the ball out of play for an injured Liverpool player right near his own 18 yard box.
Then when Liverpool threw the ball to him and instantly - and unsportingly - closed him down he panicked and sliced a clearance to the halfway line leading to that goal.
It is a moment West Ham fans, and Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher - who played in the game - will never forget.
'Why didn't he smash it up the pitch!?'
Writing in his Daily Mail column, Carragher said he would have been livid with Scaloni.
"I would still be strangling Lionel Scaloni now if I had been a West Ham player. Oh my God!" Carragher wrote in his column.
"He tried to be like a nice professional. ‘I’ll kick the ball out, someone is injured’. But he kicks it out right next to where he was.
"Why didn’t he smash it up the pitch? It’s the last minute! As if we were going to give it back! We did give it back but I was actually closing him down.
"I told them we were going to throw it to them but the ball was going right to their feet and I was going to close him down. A left-sided centre back pressing on their right back? That’s how mad the game had become."
Liverpool's gamesmanship that day still sticks in the craw of the Upton Park faithful and will only spur them on for a measure of revenge when the two sides clash at Anfield today.
Who was to blame Scaloni or Liverpool?
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dicksie3
5:14 Sun Jan 31
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Ten years ago now...
I've moved on...
No point moping around about it like Liverpool fans do about things...
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Darby_
4:52 Sun Jan 31
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Carragher making excuses for his own unsportsmanlike behaviour.
Maybe Scaloni expected Liverpool to show a bit of sportsmanship.
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Hammer and Pickle
3:36 Sun Jan 31
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I just had this horrible feeling we were going to lose unlike in 1980 when I had no idea.
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smartkev
3:26 Sun Jan 31
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Why bring Sheringham on?
If there was anyone you'd want to help close a game out it would be Sheringham. I'd still bring him on now, frankly.
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JGW1
2:41 Sun Jan 31
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Appalling from Liverpool that day. The worst kind of bad spotsmanship but not picked up by the media who worshipped Lverpool and Gerrard.
Dirty cheating scum. Carragher can do one. He doesn't have a right to an opinion about Scalloni. Scum.
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Pedant
11:55 Sat Jan 30
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It was more to do with Reo Coker thinking is job (man marking Gerrard when we were out of possession) was finished before the whistle had blown.
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Texas Iron
10:45 Sat Jan 30
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I think we missed a good opportunity to ptogress against a weak pool side...
Lacked creativity and only 1 attempt on target out of 7 attempts...Payet anonymoud...Valencia lightweight...
Wont be eady at home if they put out a strong 1st team side...
Thats 2 poor displays away from home from Payet...Toon...Pool...
We need him on form to set up Valencia....
We are .nothing much without his creativity...
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Texas Iron
10:36 Sat Jan 30
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Why is there an " h ".in the word " ghost "...???
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Texas Iron
10:35 Sat Jan 30
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Why is there an " h ".in the word " ghost "...???
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boleynkid
10:33 Sat Jan 30
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Eddie B 6.45
Taking off Etherington and bringing on Sheringham were the decisions that cost us the game IMO. I'm sure he did it as a sentimental thing....Teddy's last cup final and all that. Etherington had run them ragged and even if he was a bit knackered he was no worse than some of their players and could have kept going I'm sure.
Had a chat to Dean Ashton about it recently and he agreed.
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Nicey
10:29 Sat Jan 30
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I blame Allardyce. If he had come to the club earlier Scaolni would have been well trained to punt the ball as far as possible...
....oh FA cup final you say
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Brain Damaged
10:16 Sat Jan 30
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I was fuming at the way the scousers gave the ball back to Scaloni and immediately set upon him, but to be fair, had the shoe been on the other foot, I'd be screaming at my players to get at them.
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mentor
9:51 Sat Jan 30
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Pickle. You're a cunt, fuck off.
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Hammer and Pickle
9:44 Sat Jan 30
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They really not having any of this are they.
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Hammer and Pickle
9:42 Sat Jan 30
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Look, you really need to come back from this.
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Hammer and Pickle
9:38 Sat Jan 30
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Dickhead harpsichord
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Scraper
9:36 Sat Jan 30
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No, I understand Sarge's subtle humour whereas bobbymoore does not.
hthyfc
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Hammer and Pickle
9:33 Sat Jan 30
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You're a moron Scraper.
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Scraper
9:32 Sat Jan 30
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He's impying that he's successfully erased it from his memory.
Happy to help.
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bobbymoore
6:52 Sat Jan 30
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Sarge 3:39 Sat Jan 30
You are kidding right?
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Eddie B
6:45 Sat Jan 30
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With five mins to go why did Pardew bring Sheringham on, and not James Collins? We were in the lead, why bring on a striker and not a defender. Still doesn't make any sense.
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