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 problem England have got is that if they don't win the group they will play the French and if they play them, they will be beaten.
I've watched the current squad three or four times and I think that survival will be the first aim, but Keegan has got this way about him.
Scottish football has been in the doldrums for a long time and it has been a timely boost Walter coming in and following it up with the result against the Italians,
I don't expect to see them in the top six but I think of all the teams that have come up in previous seasons, I think Manchester City are the biggest club.
When George Graham was there they complained, harking back to better days, but I think that's a fantasy.
What I always do is just look at the players, look at the best 11 they can put on the pitch.
These guys live and breathe football; they get something out of going to the training ground every day.
We got stuffed 4-1, but it was just great to play against, it was like an education. You think you are half good and then you go and play against a side like that!
I only started concentrating on football as a career when I left school at 18. I played golf for the Scottish and British boys' teams.
I don't think anyone enjoyed it. Apart from the people who watched it.
Everybody likes Brazil and we want the Brazilians to come out.
Even though they won't finish in the top four this season, they will still be of the contenders next season.
Potentially he could be. He scored the goal four years ago in France against Argentina that was extraordinary.
I think when people talk about ambition and talking to him, it might have seemed that he wasn't ambitious.