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Carragher takes the hard route.


Byline: BRIAN READE Brian Reade is an award-winning writer who has two weekly opinion columns, one on sport, in the Daily Mirror. He is a left-wing republican with very outspoken views, and has interviewed many well known people, including Mohammed Ali.  

AT Luton on Sunday Jamie Carragher Simon Petersen(born January 28, 1978 in Bootle, Merseyside) is an English international footballer playing his club football at Liverpool where he is at present vice-captain, behind teammate and fellow Liverpudlian Steven Gerrard.  gave Sol Campbell a masterclass in how to take abuse.

When juvenile stuff about your background rains down on you, ignore it.

When it moves on to vile allegations about your mother, tell them to calm down. When they start spitting don't ring up Radio Four to demand the government bring in human rights legislation to protect you.

Jump over the advertising hoardings and ask which one is hard enough to take you on. Then watch THEM scuttle off to cry to a radio station about how they need protection from YOU. It's called sorting out the men from the boys.

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Title Annotation:Sport
Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Jan 12, 2008
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