Marlow Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Pub discussion here in Spain over the weekend among us auld boys got us thinking back to the 82 World Cup here and one of the wags said it's a pity everyone with the name Alan got picked because if none of them had ever played, we'd have qualified. His argument was: Jim Leighton in goals for all three games, instead of Alan Rough, would have reduced our goal difference. McLeish and Miller as the central defenders instead of Alan Evans and Alan Hansen would have kept it tighter in the first match (Evans to blame for second New Zealand goal), might have staved off the Brazilians a bit better (not convinced by that one) and worked better against the old USSR in the third. Joe Jordan, for instance, upfront against New Zealand instead of Alan Brazil would have either scored goals or made them for others. What do retrofans think? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Sounds about right. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Pub discussion here in Spain over the weekend among us auld boys got us thinking back to the 82 World Cup here and one of the wags said it's a pity everyone with the name Alan got picked because if none of them had ever played, we'd have qualified. His argument was: Jim Leighton in goals for all three games, instead of Alan Rough, would have reduced our goal difference. McLeish and Miller as the central defenders instead of Alan Evans and Alan Hansen would have kept it tighter in the first match (Evans to blame for second New Zealand goal), might have staved off the Brazilians a bit better (not convinced by that one) and worked better against the old USSR in the third. Joe Jordan, for instance, upfront against New Zealand instead of Alan Brazil would have either scored goals or made them for others. What do retrofans think? Not forgetting Alan Hansen and Miller bumping into each other against the Soviets giving away the 2nd goal. If Hansen hadn't been on, that would never have happened 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Saintsible Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Marlow said: Pub discussion here in Spain over the weekend among us auld boys got us thinking back to the 82 World Cup here and one of the wags said it's a pity everyone with the name Alan got picked because if none of them had ever played, we'd have qualified. His argument was: Jim Leighton in goals for all three games, instead of Alan Rough, would have reduced our goal difference. McLeish and Miller as the central defenders instead of Alan Evans and Alan Hansen would have kept it tighter in the first match (Evans to blame for second New Zealand goal), might have staved off the Brazilians a bit better (not convinced by that one) and worked better against the old USSR in the third. Joe Jordan, for instance, upfront against New Zealand instead of Alan Brazil would have either scored goals or made them for others. What do retrofans think? Allan Evans not Alan Evans 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewan8472 Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 CRACKING o.p. ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewan8472 Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 (edited) Does it work for 1986 at all ? Who played against Costa Rica ? Edited May 23, 2022 by Ewan8472 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoDevilovich Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 On 23/05/2022 at 20:25, Ewan8472 said: Does it work for 1986 at all ? Who played against Costa Rica ? Who cares, they weren't at that World Cup 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewan8472 Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Who wasn't ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlow Posted May 30, 2022 Author Share Posted May 30, 2022 On 23/05/2022 at 21:25, Ewan8472 said: Does it work for 1986 at all ? Who played against Costa Rica ? No Alans in 86 in our squad. However, in 1990, Alan McInally did fail dismally against Costa Rica, wo with him unavailable in our Alan-free universe, maybe someone more effective would have played up front. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamba_trio Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 6 hours ago, Marlow said: No Alans in 86 in our squad. However, in 1990, Alan McInally did fail dismally against Costa Rica, wo with him unavailable in our Alan-free universe, maybe someone more effective would have played up front. I dunno. I always felt Mo Johnson's new striking technique of "smash the ball straight at the keeper" was more infuriating in that game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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