Jamie Carragher is going through a moment of his career similar to Sami Hyypia at some point.
I remember Hyypia being heavily criticized (and rightly so) when he was playing too much at an advanced age. He was past his best and just couldn't cope with it. It was, if I'm not mistaken, in a time where we were under all sorts of trouble in our UCL group - just before we went on to beat Marseille, Porto and Besiktas in great fashion.
Back then, we were all certain that Sami Hyypia was done. "He's over", and all that.
But it was far from truth - he was just playing too much for his age. Once he became an experienced squad player, coming into the team when necessary, we started seeing old Sami's excellence again. That includes a MOTM type of performance at Old Trafford, where he needed to get ready to play at short notice because some other defender injured himself (can't remember who).
I don't think we can count on Carragher to be a every game starter as he used to, when he was in his peak. But he's proven me and a lot of people wrong in those recent matches. He's still very much a valuable part of the team.
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