It has not been easy to watch or read about the story that Jamie Carragher has been caught up in this week.
I played for Liverpool and England with 'Carra' for a good few years and, though some people might not want to hear this, he's a great lad. He doesn't need me to say what he did was totally wrong and he knows better than anyone that his actions cannot be defended.
But let's be clear that the incident started with provocation and I wanted to try to give an insight into the kind of world that footballers live in now — one where provocation is only a pointed mobile phone away.