Maybe he was injured but Dalgleish brilliant player that he was I always thought it was with Celtic and Liverpool. Sure they will always show the classic goals he scored for Scotland but he had a right few stinker performances with Scotland especially when we qualified for the world cup finals.Why no Dalglish and mcGrain?
You what? Midfield was Souness, Strachan, Robertson and Wark.How are you going to win a match with Hanson and Narey 2 centre halfs in midfield?
Maybe he was injured but Dalgleish brilliant player that he was I always thought it was with Celtic and Liverpool. Sure they will always show the classic goals he scored for Scotland but he had a right few stinker performances with Scotland especially when we qualified for the world cup finals.
It's weird because if you were to say you didnt think he was a world class player people look at you as if you have horns on your head, and you are only saying that because he played for Celtic, but the clips of him for Liverpool and Celtic show that he was, but like you say how many other world class players played in 3 finals and never really kicked a ball, I cant think of any.Agreed. Three World Cups and he never really turned up in any of them.
For a guy who’s generally believed to be our greatest ever player, that’s just not acceptable.
I didn't rate Rough.
Always thought it was Hansens fault and watching it again I haven't changed my mind Miller was about to put it into row z. What Hansen was thinking about we will never know?
Had either of them passed comment in the intervening years and claimed responsibility or assigned responsibility to the other?Always thought it was Hansens fault and watching it again I haven't changed my mind Miller was about to put it into row z. What Hansen was thinking about we will never know?
That was a given though.And getting gubbed 4-1 by Brazil.
I had six weeks inI was there.
Went with a guy I worked with. Two weeks in Torremelinas and a day trip to Seville.
To be honest I'd sort of lost interest in the national side after Argentina but it was a damn fine holiday.
I don’t understand why Scotland didn’t just have the Miller and MacLeish pairing which were probably the best defensive partnership anywhere at that time.Definitely Hansen's fault.
He was playing midfield by that point which contributed to the calamity.
We took our eye off the ball as the custodian of Scotland and her values and let the Tims in.If ever a game typified the national team's tendency towards 'glorious failure', it's that game.
Horrendous to compare that side to today's though. What the hell have we let happen over the years?
How long have you got? In short Scottish football is now only run by and for the benefit of idiots and the same can be said for the country as a whole. The people in high places don’t care. And to be honest neither do I anymore. It’s sad to say this but my national team means nothing to me now just a continual source of embarrassment, especially the bell end nats I unfortunately get associated with.If ever a game typified the national team's tendency towards 'glorious failure', it's that game.
Horrendous to compare that side to today's though. What the hell have we let happen over the years?
They weren’t?How are you going to win a match with Hanson and Narey 2 centre halfs in midfield?
HorrendousHow bad was Alan Brazil when he came on.
I’m sure he was still at Thistle in 1982. It could be argued that he was the best of a bad bunch in 78 but by 82 he should not have been first choice.Looking back I am amazed Rough was our No1 at 78 & 82. Harvey was a smashing keeper in 74 but had a car accident a couple of years later that affected him.
Look at the Scotland teams in 78 & 82, littered with guys who had or would go on to play in/win European Finals.
Except for the goalie.
If memory serves Rough was part-time at Partick Thistle in 78, absolutely mental that he was the best of the bunch.
Hansen was an outstanding player as was Narey who would be worth a fortune in today’s gameHow are you going to win a match with Hanson and Narey 2 centre halfs in midfield?
That was a given though.
You are correct and add in Willie MillerHansen was an outstanding player as was Narey who would be worth a fortune in today’s game
I said the very same to my mates at the game.Ultimately it was the difference.
The Soviets beat New Zealand by 3 clear goals, as did we, but they only lost 2-1 to Brazil.
Was it not that ITV & BBC had games that they would broadcast & this was BBC's?Of all the games they could have chosen, they picked this?
A game that is another example of how we %^*& it up in new and unusual ways.
And McLeish, Miller, Burns & Hegarty to now be looking at duds like Devlin, Porteous, Gallagher, O'Donnell & McKenna!Hansen was an outstanding player as was Narey who would be worth a fortune in today’s game
I did think it was a bit surreal seeing Sergei Baltacha playing for USSR against Scotland & thinking his son played for Scotland.
Well, yeah! Also coincidental he got his U21 cap against a country formerly part of the USSRUnder 21s only. Nice big guy Sergei.