Alonso had two good seasons with us - his first and his last. He will be difficult to replace but not impossible.
Carragher has had two poor season in the last two should we get shut of him as well. People on here are kidding themselves if they think we are going to be able to replace Xabi, there are possibly only about three or four players around good enough to do what he does or maybe similar, Xavi and Inniesta at Barca, possibly Michael Carrick at United and defo Michael Essien at Chelsea and we will not be getting any of those. The reason we did beter in the league last season was the performances of Xabi Alonso not Gerrard and not Torres and if we have to rely on the Argentine David Batty alongside him as well as Lucas then we seriously have problems.