Don't think there would have been too much of a difference playing in the England or Scotland leagues back then and he was such a class player he would have strolled it.Do you reckon the Scottish game would’ve suited Hansen?
Would he have needed a traditional brutish (not a spelling error) centre back.
Alan Hansen was well acquainted with Scottish football by the time signed for Liverpool. He had been playing regularly alongside his brother John at Thistle.Do you reckon the Scottish game would’ve suited Hansen?
Would he have needed a traditional brutish (not a spelling error) centre back.
I think Willie Miller and Alex McLeish in their prime would have been immense for us
What a player he wasn'tCan’t think of anyone from the 90s who would have massively improved us. I’ll go with Islam Feruz for the mega meltdown it would cause amongst the filth.
He was good at the younger age groups given he was about 5-6 years older than his claimed age.What a player he wasn't
Surely they wouldnt have got in before craig paterson.I think Willie Miller and Alex McLeish in their prime would have been immense for us
I have read Miller wasn't man enough to put up with the off-field situation in Glasgow therefore he would have been of no use to us !!I could never understand how Miller did not end up at Ibrox. He came from Bridgeton and played in a John Street School team that won every trophy available to them in their age group. The fact that we missed out on Dalglish, who literally lived across the road from the stadium and who used to go into the Albion to watch us train, and Miller tells you something about our scouting system back then.
A pupil of Greenock High School was Charlie.Charlie Cooke.
He was a bluenose as a boy too.
I think Charlie Cook played for Port Glasgow Rangers
During Bremner's days as Captain of Scotland one Rangers player used to pull out of the squad due to the rebel songs being sung in the Scotland dressing room - bigotry indeedWillie Carson the jockey tells the story of how when he was growing in Stirling he used to go and fight the Catholic school kids and one of them was Billy Bremner.
I also seem to remember a story about him singing IRA songs in a pub whilst playing for Scotland(maybe someone could confirm that one).
Paul Lambert - we would have won ten in a row had we signed him and not Thern.
Would have strengthened us and weakened the tims.
Were we ever close?
I vaguely remember hearing his agent sounded us and them out when he was at Dortmund but never if we had any interest.
Dave McKay.
No idea if we were ever closer than what you say regarding his agent. I think if there was any interest it was dismissed as "we had signed Thern"
Paul Lambert - we would have won ten in a row had we signed him and not Thern.
Would have strengthened us and weakened the tims.
On Wikipedia it says his father refused to allow him to join septic because of the side show/baggage. Only WikipediaMaybe I've got it wrong but the Willie Carson story is definitely true so back in the day a Catholic supporting us would have been unusual.
I think if we had any interest we'd have got him personally. Would he have been a mainstay in our team though? I'm not so sure.
Evenly matched imoWillie carson fighting?? He was only 4ft 9 inches fully grown
I wouldn’t say I was desperate for us to get him but he had some great performances for Scotland around the time we were expected to sign him and I thought he’d be great for us.From the current era:
Robertson
Mctominay
McGinn
Fraser
Would all walk into our side.
I'll say Scott Brown, he's been a driving force for them for years and what he lacks in quality he makes up for in a win at all costs mentality, that our team leaders seem to lack. When he finally retires Celtic are going to have a massive void to fill in their dressing room.
ray Houghton alsoAway from the obvious ones like Dalglish and Law, if John Collins had had the guts to have made the move I think he’d have been a tremendous player for us.
You’re right mate , both only about 20odd caps as well , although Scotland had lots of cracking players in these days .Disclaimer: I left Scotland as a kid so never really appreciated just how much I shouldn't like some players and consequently had an interest in any Scots playing in England.
I have openly admitted to being a fan of Dalglish, and I'm Ok with the stick I take for it.
However, here's one from my childhood that I really shouldn't tell you:
I always thought Cooper and Charlie Nicholas would have linked up well together!
Staunch name for a startAnd Carson he did say.