United in defence of Carragher’s red rage

Larry Ryan - Treating the week’s sport like scum

As usual, it all began with that seductive menace, the bantz. “I thought I would just have a bit of banter about the result.”

When he rolled down his car window on the motorway and cranked up his camera phone, no doubt Andy Hughes wore the giddiness of Leo Varadkar glancing towards Donald Trump in advance of some totes joshing about influencing the planning process. What could go wrong?