southstandandy
WEST STAND ANDY
- Jul 9, 2003
- 6,048
Great player in his day. Get well soon Alan.
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[Football] Alan Hansen
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thedonkeycentrehalf
Moved back to wear the gloves (again)
- Jul 7, 2003
- 9,353
Such a silky player and a good pundit. Hope he pulls through
He's a Scottish pundit who always plays a straight bat in the many times he's had to talk about England, and that is to be respected. And an indisputable record as a player.
Change at Barnham
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How the hell did Alan Hansen only end up with 26 caps for Scotland?
Did he make himself unavailable?
I used to love watching the Lawrenson & Hansen pairing in the Liverpool defence. It must be one of the best ever in the English top tier.
Eight league championship trophies, three European Cups, five domestic cups, captaincy and 26 caps for Scotland.
Did he make himself unavailable?
I used to love watching the Lawrenson & Hansen pairing in the Liverpool defence. It must be one of the best ever in the English top tier.
Eight league championship trophies, three European Cups, five domestic cups, captaincy and 26 caps for Scotland.
dejavuatbtn
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Stein couldn’t manage him and he withdrew from quite a few squads. I don’t think he had anything to prove - just couldn’t be arsed to deal with the baggage.
Weststander
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From Scottish family of my girlfriend at the time ... Scotland managers wanted an Aberdeen pairing of Miller and McLeish.
Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
He played in England and the Scots had a problem with that for some reason.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
This has given me the jitters, roll on next April in the hope l make it to 69!
The jocks went with Murdo MacLoed and who are we to judge?
No. I have heard him interviewed about this. He was distraught when he was not selected for a world cup squad.
Doonhamer7
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- Jun 17, 2016
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I don’t think he ever made himself unavailable
No, back in the 80s the role of central defender was ‘hoof it forward‘, none of this namby pamby playing it out from the back. Therefore Jock Stein preferred the Aberdeen duo of Willie Miller and Alex McLeish who both got 60+caps, Miller I could understand picking and the fact his partner at Aberdeen was McLeish was a big tick in the box. I’d personally rather have seen Hansen and David Narey (Dundee Utd) as Scotland‘s centre backs in the early to mid80s but I was only in my early teens. My Dad hated the way Hansen passed it out from the back or across the box.
Steve Nicol was another classy Scottish Liverpool defender with very few caps
Doonhamer7
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- Jun 17, 2016
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That was 1986 and it was Alex Ferguson who didn’t pick him not Jock Stein, Dalglish then went injured and withdrew and it was claimed it was because Hansen hadn’t been picked. Dalglish has denied this was true
AZ Gull
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Murdo MacLeod was a midfielder and wasn't in the 1986 World Cup squad.
Hansen wasn't in Roxburgh' s squad for Italia 90 because by then he was plagued with persistent knee injuries.
I really enjoy Nicol on ESPN, he’s very likeable. In fact I quite enjoy their coverage full stop. Except for Ali Moreno who whilst actually being quite knowledgable about the game, is really quite annoying.
Weststander
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This.
And Hansen’s international career didn’t coincide with McLeod’s. Hansen was a star at the highest level from winning the European Cup in 78 and key to a 1978/79 defence that only conceded 16 goals in 42 league games.
Weststander
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The best live streams!
AZ Gull
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I can't say I've seen much of their coverage. They have the FA Cup so I'll watch the cup final and occasionally put on a tie in an earlier round, but even if I sit and watch the match I'll typically be doing something else at half-time and full-time so I don't really pay much attention to the studio coverage.