Alan Hansen
Alan Hansen
Alan David Hansenis a Scottish former football player and BBC television football pundit. He played as a central defender for Partick Thistle, for the successful Liverpool team of the late 70s and 80s, and for Scotland. As a football pundit, Hansen is known for his outspoken views, particularly on team's defensive performances, frequently criticising what he believed was "diabolical" or "shocking" defending. He made his name as a pundit on Match of the Day from 1992 to 2014...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth13 June 1955
Souness critics must eat humble pie as he transforms Newcastle.
The second half was easy to sum up - and absolute shambles! (on England losing to Denmark 4-1)
Live television is always stressful and the more you do it, the more you realise what can go wrong.
I don't miss playing football, but I do miss going into the dressing room every day and having a laugh.
I was surprised, the triple-stack package produced eight to 15 more bushels.
I think if Tottenham are going to be top four side, the fans and the club will need to get away from the philosophy of 'pretty football', that's got to go.
He's sharp, he can score and he doesn't worry about missing.
I think the reality is that, that money was probably badly spent.
Speed is what makes the Premiership exciting. The millions who would have watched Manchester United and Chelsea would have seen a non-stop game in which the pace was electric even though the first half was a non-event. You could see a better technical game in Spain but for sheer frenetic movement there is nothing that comes close... Pace is more critical in the Premiership than in any other major league and if you don't have pace, you have to compensate with power or ability in the air and since Shevchenko has no power and is not particularly good in the air, he is in trouble.
The Italians are very strong defensively. They showed in Euro 2000 how good defensively they are.
Manchester City have been in the doldrums for a while, they came up and went straight back down again.
The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more.
I think when people talk about ambition and talking to him, it might have seemed that he wasn't ambitious.
Everybody likes Brazil and we want the Brazilians to come out.