Camara had a pretty good start for Liverpool. After that he was crap.

He did score one telegenic screamer, didn't he? I can't remember who it was against.

"I got tackled really badly once" *squeak* "So's my mates threaten to biff 'im up a treat, like but I says 'No' because me mate Thommo was wid 'im" *squeak* "I says to one of me mates 'take it easy lar, lets not be too 'asty' coz I knows I could get into real trouble 'ere" *squeak* "Becoz Thommo's coach knows all a dem and I coulda got into real trouble, like" *squeak*...

- Excerpt taken from 'The Secret Diary of Jamie Carragher, Aged Thirteen and Three Quarters'...

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Titi Camara played really well for Liverpool.

What an unbelievably generous assessment.

I may be in touch shortly to see if you can give me a reference if I go for a new job

Ha ha ha. With the best will in the world - and I tried to give him a chance cos he seemed like a likeable chap - Titi Camara was shite.

As he wasn't at Anfield very long, was a Houllier signing and was dreck for West Ham (before completely vanishing), people tend to assume he was another duff signing, but he wasn't. He was very much a flair player and just didn't work hard enough for Houllier's liking. Heskey was signed during his first season and that was it for him, but he did well when he played. Nine goals in 22 starts and 10 substitute appearances is a decent record, too. He's well regarded by a lot of fans I know and you can find praise for him on a lot of fan sites, which you can't say for a lot of Houllier's underperforming forward signings.

Also played(and scored) against West Ham in 1 nil win very soon after his father died which endeared him to a lot of fans.

God love the Black Uncle Fester.

Jamie's dad is bigger than your dad.

Isn't there some bit in the book where he bleats about how his mates can't find work because it's too easy now for foreigners to come in and take our jobs? He's quite right of course; why bring in the likes of Kuyt and Voronin when there's plenty of local lads who'd be just as useless.

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Isn't there some bit in the book where he bleats about how his mates can't find work

That sort of thing has always been a problem for Scousers though, hasn't it?

Oh God.

You're right...

I should have typed:

"It would help if they actually tried to find work to begin with"

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Isn't there some bit in the book where he bleats about how his mates can't find work

That sort of thing has always been a problem for Scousers though, hasn't it?

Brilliant Mr. Wilde

I always thought Camara suffered more than most from the ecclesiastical collar on the Liverpool kit of that era putting me in mind of Derek Nimmo;



I had forgotten about him scoring that goal just after the death of his father, he broke down in tears afterwards, consoled here by fellow thread subject Song;

Check out 2:11 and then 5:07 for classic Camara.

Aside: fucking Clyde Wijnhard.

what is it about liverpool players wanting to be gangsters? or hanging around with gangsters, or wife swapping with gangsters? I bet this book is every fucking bit as insane as gerrard's book.

I love that the first thing that gerrard said to rafa benitez was "I don't think you know how bad we are."

I always thought Camara suffered more than most from the ecclesiastical collar on the Liverpool kit of that era

The man himself clearly didn't agree. In that Huddersfield game that CTT links to, he's wearing a white shirt with an even higher neckline underneath, effectively doubling the ecclesiasticalness of the collar.

Also, Steve Gerrard at right back - I like it.

Jamie Carragher's derby gift to city
Sep 5 2008 by Tony Barrett, Liverpool Echo

JAMIE CARRAGHER wants Everton to provide the opposition in his testimonial match - with all the proceeds going to local charities.

The Liverpool star has been due a testimonial since 2007 and had originally wanted the game to take place at the Reds’ planned new stadium in Stanley Park.

But with the stadium plans now having been put back at least another year, the game is now more likely to take place at Anfield.

And Carragher would like nothing better than for Liverpool to take on local rivals Everton – the team he supported as a boy – in an occasion which he hopes would bring both sets of fans closer together.

Writing in his soon to be released autobiography, Carragher outlines his ideas for his testimonial which could provide hundreds of thousands of pounds or more for local charities.

He said: “I’ve been due a testimonial since 2007, when the club offered me a year of events to mark my 10th anniversary, but I wasn’t so keen on the timing.

“I wanted it delayed for a more appropriate moment in my career.

“I preferred a one-off celebration of my career and the prospect of the two clubs that have defined my football career from boy to man being at the centre of it, with all the money going to local charities, should make it a fitting finale if my Liverpool playing days are nearing an end.

“It seems strange for me to be thinking about a testimonial at 30, but you become more aware of what’s on the horizon as each pre-season approaches.”

Niall Quinn famously donated all of the £1m proceeds from his own testimonial match between Sunderland and the Republic of Ireland to children’s hospitals in Tyne and Wear.

Now Carragher is looking to do something similar on Merseyside with local charities being the beneficiaries