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...
against cause chance change knock naturally players tight
We are not going to change what we have done all season. The players we have naturally go forward, and to go against what they do naturally, to knock that out of them, would cause problems. We will keep it tight at the back, but if we have a chance to go forward, we will do that.
backbone box break couple fact forced forcing game home kansas kept knocked needed penalty pushing running tells
I think the fact that we were forcing the game and we were away from home in Kansas City, who is undefeated, kind of tells you that the backbone of team. We did make changes, we were forced into a couple of changes, but it never knocked us off our straight, we kept pushing forward. But we just never got that break in the penalty box when we needed it. It's just not running for us in the penalty box at the moment.
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.