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
The pressures are intense, because the rewards for success and the penalty for failure are more and more.
I always wanted to be a golfer, only I realised that if I'd played golf I would have been skint.
I played against the Brazilians in '82, who were definitely the best team never to have won the World Cup.
In '82 Brazil showed that you can't win the World Cup without a solid defense.
Manchester City have been in the doldrums for a while, they came up and went straight back down again.
The Italians are very strong defensively. They showed in Euro 2000 how good defensively they are.
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 World Cup needs a brilliant Brazilian team.
I go by records and Bob Paisley is the No 1 manager ever!
I think the reality is that, that money was probably badly spent.
He's sharp, he can score and he doesn't worry about missing.
I was surprised, the triple-stack package produced eight to 15 more bushels.
The second half was easy to sum up - and absolute shambles! (on England losing to Denmark 4-1)
Souness critics must eat humble pie as he transforms Newcastle.