Steve Nicol
Steve Nicol
Stephen "Steve" Nicolis a Scottish former professional footballer. He attended Marr College in Troon and developed into a utility player, who played for the successful Liverpool teams of the 1980s. He was also a regular member of the Scotland national football team and represented his country at the 1986 FIFA World Cup...
battle courage far football fortunate guts matter played royal truth won
I think, as normal, it was a battle royal out there between us and D.C., because it always is. I think the truth of the matter is that we were fortunate to get the win. As far as the football we played we can play far better than we showed tonight. But, as usual, we showed that as far as guts and courage and passion, we have it in abundance. That's what won us the game.
behind exactly given good national team time training
(The national team players) are exactly where we thought they would be. They've had good training time behind them, and have given everyone else a boost.
bad behind games goal move
It was a bad goal on Matt's part. But for 26 games he's been outstanding. We'll put this behind us and move on.
guys physically season stage strong three
At this stage of the season we are not physically strong enough to play with three at the back. With three guys it's pretty demanding.
chance position quickly
They are going to have to be in a position to defend. If we can counterattack quickly it's going to give us more chance to play.
chances cost hit legs net second side strongest tie win
We had the chances to win the tie over the two games. In particular, we should have hit the net in Bermuda and that is what cost us in the second leg. Over the two legs I think we showed we were better than them without having our strongest side out there.
achieve game giving good happen passing people players result running shape start stay talking tie worst
The worst thing that can happen is for us to be out of the tie by the end of the first game. We need to get the result we are out to achieve and so we need to start by giving nothing away and then working our way into the game and getting forward. We want to keep as good a shape as we can at all times so we have to be talking and passing people on. We don't want players running all over the place, we want to stay with men. If we do that we'll be all right.
exactly hat party seen
I've seen him better. He didn't exactly have his party hat on.
certain defended happen
Defensively we just had a day where we were no good. We've defended well all season. These things happen at certain stages.
behind bodies expect exploit holes hope leave road wants
I don't expect anything else. The way they play, they are flinging bodies forward. When you do that, you leave holes behind you, and we hope to exploit that. Everyone wants to go on the road and win, but we wouldn't be too disappointed with a draw, either.
player
There's a player that we like who we think could come available.
nobody
There was nobody around him. It was just one of those things.
relax stinks
It stinks to go on the road. Hopefully, we'll be able to relax and play.
carried certain obviously pleased
It's not the worst, it's not the best. We're pleased with a lot of things we've done, but there are obviously certain things we're not carried away with.