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...
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.
ball good improve keeping physically three weeks work
We need to work on keeping the ball more. Physically we are in good shape, and three more weeks will only improve that further.
calm game gives good great lose possession slightly though
It is great that we are able to play Pepe, even though we lose Danny. They play the game slightly differently. Pepe gives us good possession and he will calm things down.
both couple decent deserve eight felt giving good halftime home lost minutes period played results second stuff though tonight took
I think we deserve it. We have had some good results at home and away from home. Tonight we should have won, even though we were two down but we felt we could get something. We said at halftime that 30 of the 45 minutes we played some decent stuff and felt we were in charge. There was just a period of eight to 10 minutes where we lost it and they got both their goals. It took a couple minutes after giving up the second one before we got back in it.
continue far good guys hear steady year
I think it's been a steady focus. So far this year we've done it, and we need to continue to do it. It's good to hear the guys think that way; that's where they want to go.
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.
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.
exactly hat party seen
I've seen him better. He didn't exactly have his party hat on.
box coming easy fairly far game
Well we can't play 3-5-2 all the time. It is far too much for the two-way players. We have to get box to box which is not easy to do coming off a game down in Dallas. It was fairly straightforward. There wasn't much that we had to think about.
penalties penalty whatever
We aren't getting penalties for whatever reason. I thought it was a penalty myself.
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.
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.
beat carried early obviously pleased points shown teams though
It's not the worst, it's not the best. We're pleased with a lot of things we have done, there are obviously things we are not particularly carried away with, but it's early on. We feel as though we have shown teams already that, if they are going to beat us or take points of us, they're going to have to be at their best. We know where we are and where we have to improve.