That was the final nail in the coffin. They lost their monopoly. The internet will continue to engulf mainstream television. BBC will be dead or completely online within 10-15 years.
5 years omg, I can honestly say Iv hardly watched motd Saturday nights at all since he retired, he made motd, it’s not the same, I can’t believe it’s 5 years though.
@@BlastbeatsLOL I know what you are saying but just want to add that Lawrenson was much better on the radio he used to have some quality banter with the commentators.
Kids today won't understand- Alan Hansen was the godfather of modern punditry, he was seen as the authority on football analysis and there was nothing like him except him for about 2 decades since the 90s. Even if he came back now when so many others are trying to be like him, he'd still be the alpha.
Better days. MOTD is sadly dying now, highlights and games are shown constantly where ever you look these days. Always great growing up though with Lineker and Hansen.
Yeah I agree they show match highlights on utube all day long you dont need to watch MOTD anymore shame I used to look forward to it on saturday nights.
Legend I remember me and my dad was in a coffee shop in London and we walked out of the shop and my dad dropped his wallet and he picked it up n chased us down the road I didnt know who he was because I was only 7 or 8 and my dad started speaking to him and they took a photo and then later that night my dad told me to come look on the telly and he was presenting match of the day and told me we met a famous person 😂🤣
I bet he would do cracking commentary of the street CCTV..."he drops his wallet...I pick it up here...go past 3 old ladies, drop the shoulder on the traffic warden and then I'm clear on goal to give the wallet to the guy!"
Always remember Alan using the word ‘magnitude’ each week on MOtD. To the point that I subconsciously associate the word with him even now. Get well soon Alan. Absolute legend. Gee
Although he played for Liverpool (Everton fan) you listened to him as he knew his business and was one of, if not the best, central defender in Europe in his prime. Didn't want to follow Dalglish & Souness into the manager's job or into coaching, although I think he'd have done well. Even for a red, I liked him, spoke sense and knew the game.
As a Scotsman I always watched MOTD...when he was on, his brutal honesty was brilliant...the way he brought it across is just being Scottish...a true gentleman 🏴
I think there was something ‘ iffy ‘ about the way he retired and the way he was treated . I am not sure that he particularly wanted to go , not in that manner and so suddenly anyhow . I don’t trust the BBC at all . Their track record in these matters is awful . Maybe he upset someone there by being brutally honest about something and they took offence and decided to punish him , I don’t know . But something was dodgy and not right about his sudden departure . He was their best pundit ever and extremely knowledgeable about the game . The program misses him and has gone down hill ‘ drastically ‘ since he left . There are now so many faults and issues with the show that sometimes I just can’t bear to watch it . They have ‘ Ruined ‘ the format over the years and messed about with things so much that it is almost unrecognisable from what it used to be . There used to be great ‘ fluidity ‘ in the highlights coverage of the games so that each match ‘ seamlessly ‘ started and ended so that it appeared that you had seen the entire game . Each match showed the kick off in both half’s and every time a goalkeeper saved and conceded a corner , the corner kick was shown and each time a player was fouled the resulting free kick was shown , plus each time a shot etc went wide , the resulting goal kick was shown , etc , etc . Nowadays there is no effort whatsoever to carefully edit the footage so that it appears that the game is ‘ flowing ‘ naturally . How I miss the old Match of the Day . I Hate it now when you see a team press forward , get to the edge of the penalty area , have one of their players hacked down in a dangerous position and then the next second it cuts to the other team going forward at the other end . You don’t see what results from the first teams free kick . It shouldn’t matter if nothing comes from it and they mess it up . It should still be shown , It is all part of the game that adds to the enjoyment and excitement . They should cut out some of the endless , needless talk at the end of the game so that they can piece together the highlights and lows a bit better . Nowadays as many people are saying , the highlights they show are no different to what you can view on your phone or tablet . All bitty and badly pieced together . I like Lineker a lot but even he annoys me by the way he constantly gives clues away as to what is going to happen in the game . I am not sure he realises he is doing it but time and time again I can tell the outcome of a game by the subtle remarks and innuendos he makes at the start. Don’t they realise that many , many people purposefully tune in to watch the games because they haven’t heard the results yet . It is a real spoiler to give away strong clues at the beginning of many of the games . They never used to do that . I think overall though that Lineker is a good presenter and I think Shearer and Ian Wright are superb too but boy , the show does miss Alan Hansen .
@@petehall1985 I remember 35 years ago a critic named Richard Afton said that and as a 31-year old I was incredulous then and now at 66 years age I am even more astounded at your comment. After lockdown I am going to turn up at any Theatre where there is a Suspense Murder Play like The Mousetrap and tell all the arrivals that The Butler did it. It's all about Suspense and Surprise. How can you get excited if you have a preference if you already know the scoreline?????
Just for picking Irwin in his best 11 he deserves credit; Dennis was the professional's professional. Shame Alan wouldn't get on the show now, he's far too white and male.
"Pick him up here..." "He's got grit, pace, movement, determination..." "If I was Terry Venables... I'd pick him". "Shhhhhocking!" "When in doubt....LAWWWRRRNCH IT!!!"
Man United fan, but tremendous amount of respect for Alan Hansen. He is missed hugely in football analysis. It just isn't the same today, in all honesty.
I'm a Liverpool fan. I'd like Women to PRESENT the woman's FOOTBALL. The men to PRESENT the mens FOOTBALL . I'd say woman that would rather that too where The Chelsea woman's manager is very very IMPRESSIVE as a pundit compared to the OVERRATED boring presenter of FOOTBALL Focus. Have womans have a mens football focus. I've met woman who rather have them separate. Des LYNAM Barry Davies fav ) A excited Hugh Little John ((Lfc fan Alan Green ALAN PARRY.)) John Murray .BEST.
The best pundit on match of the day, full stop. His analysis was always spot on, and ridiculously insightful. I feel for him and his family at this current time 😢
As a Manc it grinded me having Hanson and Lawro on, but I’d have them back tomorrow compared to the utter PC shite they’ve dragged out these days, at least these 2 won everything now you get Savage,Jenas,Le Saux ,keown, Richards and the list goes on
@@philsblogs8527are you not a football fan anymore then m8 🤔 or are you just not a fan of motd then? I mean it is different to how it used to be 20 years ago tho ie you you can watch the highlights on sky sports before motd is even broadcast to be fair 😁
it's interesting because he retired on my 21st Birthday, 11th May 2014. Even though I don't support Liverpool, Hansen is a club legend and one of the best pundits to have worked in Football analysis
Why? He retired willingly, he wasn't sacked or forced out. A petition would only be needed if he wanted to come back and the BBC were stopping him. MOTD is dead. There's literally no need for it anymore. Both Sky and BT upload highlights shortly after matches finish and this show comes on far too late to bother anymore. Plus you don't have to wait for your favourite team's highlights. I don't miss it at all. UA-cam option is so much better and you can watch them back as many times as you like.
Didn’t retire did he 🤔 he was pushed out with Lawro, sure Moaning Jose mourinho had something to do with it moaning they had two ex Lpool players on commentary listening to some of the pundits now (not just talking the women, it was a mistake to push him out far better than the shite they have on commentating now imho!
Murphy is ok, but they need to get a guy like Robbie Savage on its the same old commentary need to freshen it up a bit, plus far too many women it’s just PC window dressing!@@Baz-Ten
As a Man Utd Fan, I still chuckle at that remark he once made "You Can't Win Anything With Kids".... Or words to that effect....Such a brilliant guy... Alan & Gary made MOTD worth watching, Alan Hansen had a brilliant head for football ⚽..... Top Guy Top Footballer..... Hope your illness soon passes and your back to good health....
To be fair, there was a larger meaning as others have said, not with kids alone and no had won with that sort of team, it was very unlikely, so his point made far more sense than people now realize.
Lost his edge before the end became a tired parody of himself "poor defending " "where's the marking" "he's no picking up" in dour Scots tones with little discernible research done on his part. He nearly had a heart attack during the 2006 World Cup when Martin O' Neill showed how out of touch he was and did some proper analysis...prompting him to panic over his pay packet disappearing out of the studio and shouted down O'neill at every available opportunity thereafter. See ya on the golf course Al !!!
"You can't win anything with kids !" Will always remember him with this classic after United lost against Aston Villa on the opening day of the 1995-96 season. United actually went on to win the Premier League and FA Cup double that season with a team whose average age was 26 years and 137 days. LOL Since Hansen's statement, only Chelsea (in 2004-05) have won the title with a younger squad.
The team was also filled with league winning seniors and an average age of 26 shows this as that's just about coming into prime she on average so his comments that you can't win anything with kids is totally valid, even the very fact that as you say only Chelsea have won it with a younger squad shows it's much much more likely to win with older experienced players, the media just like to spin things and rival fans lap it up.
I am half English and half Welsh. We do.not have a lot of time for the Scots. They in return, do not have much time for us. Hanson's analyses were always on point. Brutal but honest. He told it how it was. No.mercy. Alan was also a great defender for Liverpool. Not that I like Liverpool but the bloke told it EXACTLY how and why it was. Not like.bloody woke Lineker.
A good eleven and see no Lampard! That’s the way it should of been always. It’s unfair now that because of Lampard goal stats people are thinking he was as good as Scholes and Gerrard. All lampard could do was pop in the box and nick one lol he wasn’t involved in anything else. England would of won World Cup without him and his f he had any decency he would of stepped down. 2002 was England’s best performance and 98 no surprise that Scholes was there and before those other clowns
I didnt realise how good he was till jenas owen and savage went on
Jenas and savage??? I dont know why they are on. . Know nothing.
Rio Ferdinand euchhhhh
Jenas has been moved to presenting now just like Lineker. I suppose BT figure that while he's still under contract he can do a lot less damage there.
Indeed. Now we have the miserable Danny Murphy (or is he on another channel?) Anyway they’re now all sh*te in comparison to Hansen
I think jenas is good, savage and Owen though ….
MOTD is dying. Haven’t watched it in over year. Now bt n sky release 2 min highlights straight after the games.
That was the final nail in the coffin. They lost their monopoly. The internet will continue to engulf mainstream television. BBC will be dead or completely online within 10-15 years.
So true, kinda sad aswell
@@noobcoding7279 bbc is payed for by taxpayers money, it’s a government run cooperation, bbc aren’t dying lol
@@marshan1226 it’s not sad, bbc deserve it for what they’ve become
Motd is still better highlights are dead with no analysis and pundits
Now we have Phil nev and Martin keown my goodness
J2Ck sweets Jermaine as well
Andy Pandy Jermaine isn't a bad pundit.
myparentsare disappointedinme yes he is
Keown is a good pundit
BatmanTheThird just isn't though
5 years omg, I can honestly say Iv hardly watched motd Saturday nights at all since he retired, he made motd, it’s not the same, I can’t believe it’s 5 years though.
Nah its because sky post highlights straight after the games and pretty much all of them are televised. No need to watch it twice
Him and Des Lynam! Miss those days
I don’t watch it at all anymore it isn’t the same anymore
@@markkenna9951 Nor me. Football died a long time ago
@@blaz3ofglory570 yeah it has not the same anymore all a business
I miss Alan Hansen a lot. Right there was the perfect panel: Lineker, Hansen and Shearer. Simply unbeatable.
Best was Des, Lawro, Hansen.
@@deputyvanhalen6386 Mark Lawrenson is one of the most dreary, boring men on the planet. I am so glad I never have to hear his voice anymore.
JImmy Hill.
@@BlastbeatsLOL I know what you are saying but just want to add that Lawrenson was much better on the radio he used to have some quality banter with the commentators.
Take away lineker and shearer and it’s the best punditry lineup
I miss him
me too
Now we have Jermaine Jenas 🙄
Fuck off with him then
A don't he touched me when a 3
Kids today won't understand- Alan Hansen was the godfather of modern punditry, he was seen as the authority on football analysis and there was nothing like him except him for about 2 decades since the 90s. Even if he came back now when so many others are trying to be like him, he'd still be the alpha.
Better days. MOTD is sadly dying now, highlights and games are shown constantly where ever you look these days. Always great growing up though with Lineker and Hansen.
Didn't even know it was still on, cant stand Lineker.
Coudnt agree more
Yeah I agree they show match highlights on utube all day long you dont need to watch MOTD anymore shame I used to look forward to it on saturday nights.
Pure nostalgia. Hansen was a dull pundit and the 30-min highlights for the main match even if it was a 0-0 is nowhere near as good as today's format.
Legend I remember me and my dad was in a coffee shop in London and we walked out of the shop and my dad dropped his wallet and he picked it up n chased us down the road I didnt know who he was because I was only 7 or 8 and my dad started speaking to him and they took a photo and then later that night my dad told me to come look on the telly and he was presenting match of the day and told me we met a famous person 😂🤣
So
That's a great story you must have been amazed when you saw him on tv
@@snakeeyes7834 don't be salty all your life
I bet he would do cracking commentary of the street CCTV..."he drops his wallet...I pick it up here...go past 3 old ladies, drop the shoulder on the traffic warden and then I'm clear on goal to give the wallet to the guy!"
Deputy Van Halen “.. and the defense was sloppy”
Always remember Alan using the word ‘magnitude’ each week on MOtD. To the point that I subconsciously associate the word with him even now.
Get well soon Alan. Absolute legend.
Gee
Great to hear Alan is out of hospital and at home,hopefully he'll make a full recovery.
Legend. Him and Lawrenson were the hey day for MOTD in the 90's. Loved it!
"diabolical defending"
‘Time and Time again’ - Alan Hansen
'Watertight defence' Alan Hansen
@@johnnyc5765 stone wall penalty
Alan "Devoid of any attribute you want in a team" Hansen
@@rohithraman6488 let's hope Hansen pulls through 🙏
@@Batmanthe3rd yeah true
Wishing him all the best. Thoughts n prayers are with him. 🙏
He had all the attributes of a good pundit.
A buzzard way of saying that he is a good pundit. Would have saved a few words.
Over 20 years and that's his send off. Embarrassing.
Well maybe he shouldn't have been such a sexist pig
@@stephenburrows2445 alright mate it was just bants
@@stephenburrows2445 cry
The BBC dedicated an entire documentary on him when he retired. Not really sure what more you think they could have done.
@@synthesizerpatel7405 fair play i didn't realise that. It felt like this was his final farewell
Although he played for Liverpool (Everton fan) you listened to him as he knew his business and was one of, if not the best, central defender in Europe in his prime. Didn't want to follow Dalglish & Souness into the manager's job or into coaching, although I think he'd have done well. Even for a red, I liked him, spoke sense and knew the game.
As a Scotsman I always watched MOTD...when he was on, his brutal honesty was brilliant...the way he brought it across is just being Scottish...a true gentleman 🏴
Are you blind, he pretended he was English half the time?!? 😂😂 he was hopeless
@@laurent1132 What on earth are you slobbering about?
@@BlastbeatsLOL Jealousy
"British jobs...... for Scottish people" - Gordon Brown.
I think there was something ‘ iffy ‘ about the way he retired and the way he was treated . I am not sure that he particularly wanted to go , not in that manner and so suddenly anyhow . I don’t trust the BBC at all . Their track record in these matters is awful . Maybe he upset someone there by being brutally honest about something and they took offence and decided to punish him , I don’t know . But something was dodgy and not right about his sudden departure . He was their best pundit ever and extremely knowledgeable about the game . The program misses him and has gone down hill ‘ drastically ‘ since he left . There are now so many faults and issues with the show that sometimes I just can’t bear to watch it . They have ‘ Ruined ‘ the format over the years and messed about with things so much that it is almost unrecognisable from what it used to be . There used to be great ‘ fluidity ‘ in the highlights coverage of the games so that each match ‘ seamlessly ‘ started and ended so that it appeared that you had seen the entire game . Each match showed the kick off in both half’s and every time a goalkeeper saved and conceded a corner , the corner kick was shown and each time a player was fouled the resulting free kick was shown , plus each time a shot etc went wide , the resulting goal kick was shown , etc , etc .
Nowadays there is no effort whatsoever to carefully edit the footage so that it appears that the game is ‘ flowing ‘
naturally . How I miss the old Match of the Day . I Hate it now when you see a team press forward , get to the edge of the penalty area , have one of their players hacked down in a dangerous position and then the next second it cuts to the other team going forward at the other end . You don’t see what results from the first teams free kick . It shouldn’t matter if nothing comes from it and they mess it up . It should still be shown , It is all part of the game that adds to the enjoyment and excitement . They should cut out some of the endless , needless talk at the end of the game so that they can piece together the highlights and lows a bit better . Nowadays as many people are saying , the highlights they show are no different to what you can view on your phone or tablet . All bitty and badly pieced together . I like Lineker a lot but even he annoys me by the way he constantly gives clues away as to what is going to happen in the game . I am not sure he realises he is doing it but time and time again I can tell the outcome of a game by the subtle remarks and innuendos he makes at the start. Don’t they realise that many , many people purposefully tune in to watch the games because they haven’t heard the results yet .
It is a real spoiler to give away strong clues at the beginning of many of the games . They never used to do that .
I think overall though that Lineker is a good presenter and I think Shearer and Ian Wright are superb too but boy , the show does miss Alan Hansen .
Well said.
Maybe he doesn't tick current boxes....
I don't think that MOTD should be editing for the small faction who dont already know the results
@@petehall1985 I remember 35 years ago a critic named Richard Afton said that and as a 31-year old I was incredulous then and now at 66 years age I am even more astounded at your comment.
After lockdown I am going to turn up at any Theatre where there is a Suspense Murder Play like The Mousetrap and tell all the arrivals that The Butler did it.
It's all about Suspense and Surprise. How can you get excited if you have a preference if you already know the scoreline?????
Good luck to Alan Hansen in dealing with his illness.
Absolutely came here for this comment 💪
@@onsitehistory228your a loser
Just for picking Irwin in his best 11 he deserves credit; Dennis was the professional's professional. Shame Alan wouldn't get on the show now, he's far too white and male.
"Pick him up here..."
"He's got grit, pace, movement, determination..."
"If I was Terry Venables... I'd pick him".
"Shhhhhocking!"
"When in doubt....LAWWWRRRNCH IT!!!"
What a Great Pundit he was Alan Hansen on MOTD.
Good Luck In The Future Allen Hansen My Hopes And Prayers Are With Him And His Family Nad Friends
Match of the Day from having a pundit like Alan Hansen analysing match, to Jeremaine Jenas and Danny Murphy.
Man United fan, but tremendous amount of respect for Alan Hansen. He is missed hugely in football analysis. It just isn't the same today, in all honesty.
I'm a Liverpool fan. I'd like Women to PRESENT the woman's FOOTBALL. The men to PRESENT the mens FOOTBALL . I'd say woman that would rather that too where The Chelsea woman's manager is very very IMPRESSIVE as a pundit compared to the OVERRATED boring presenter of FOOTBALL Focus. Have womans have a mens football focus. I've met woman who rather have them separate. Des LYNAM Barry Davies fav ) A excited Hugh Little John ((Lfc fan Alan Green ALAN PARRY.)) John Murray .BEST.
Jocky hansen, great player great pundit.
@@erniescullion8452 Basic common sense
Get him back on, absolute ledge
He's retired
lol this came up in my recommended list and I was like ah man im gona miss him then saw it was 6yrs ago 🤦🏾♂️
Now we are stuck with jermaine jenas and danny murphy. Holy jesus wept.
Give me World Cup 94 any day of the week. Des Lynam as Anchor and Jimmy Hill, Trevor Brooking and Alan Hansen as pundits. The Good Old Day's
The Lineker, Hansen, Shearer/Lawrenson lineup was so good
He was the best ever
The best pundit on match of the day, full stop. His analysis was always spot on, and ridiculously insightful. I feel for him and his family at this current time 😢
Alan Hansen will be missed great man
"They'll always let you doon"... His catchphrase of my beloved Spurs still haunt me.
Nice to see Dennis Irwin getting the recognition he deserves 🇮🇪
Is that you Roy??
@@haagwild4476 so what?
@@haagwild4476 You must be talking about QPR, cos he's definitely a Celtic man.
Miss him
As a Manc it grinded me having Hanson and Lawro on, but I’d have them back tomorrow compared to the utter PC shite they’ve dragged out these days, at least these 2 won everything now you get Savage,Jenas,Le Saux ,keown, Richards and the list goes on
Great pundit I ain't keen on these new guys Jermaine jenas jamie Redknapp etc
He is one of those lucky blokes who get better and better looking with age
Can we bring him back at least once a season please :(?
He left 6 years ago.. WHAT 😳
Blimey, doesn't seem that far ago! I haven watched it in many years though to be fair
@@philsblogs8527are you not a football fan anymore then m8 🤔 or are you just not a fan of motd then? I mean it is different to how it used to be 20 years ago tho ie you you can watch the highlights on sky sports before motd is even broadcast to be fair 😁
Hansen an absolute legend
A great man, hope Alan pulls through.
Alan Hansen and Mark Lawrenson will be in my all time Top 2 pundits
Lawrenson is shocking
I like Lawrenson as a Co -commentator with Guy Mowbray at World Cups. Good sense of humour.
Lawro is a clown talks shit all time n hansen was just a boring fucker who loved sound of his own voice...good riddance
Lawro is a good commentator but I always thought he winged it with his analysis
Mark Lawrenson is about as funny as a car crash
it's interesting because he retired on my 21st Birthday, 11th May 2014. Even though I don't support Liverpool, Hansen is a club legend and one of the best pundits to have worked in Football analysis
Back in the day MOTD was amazing especially Saturday nights . Now u can just watch the highlights ten seconds after the game
He's one of those guys who was just a born leader. When he talks people listen.
Most insightful MOTD Pundit ever! My favourite!
One thing about him he played under the best managers,one of the best teams,and won it all
I miss u
James bond
Could of played a 007
Petition to get hansen back on match of the day
Why? He retired willingly, he wasn't sacked or forced out. A petition would only be needed if he wanted to come back and the BBC were stopping him.
MOTD is dead. There's literally no need for it anymore. Both Sky and BT upload highlights shortly after matches finish and this show comes on far too late to bother anymore. Plus you don't have to wait for your favourite team's highlights.
I don't miss it at all. UA-cam option is so much better and you can watch them back as many times as you like.
@@Shaved_Ape they should just move it to when the last game finishes and live stream it on UA-cam and then also show it at the usual time on bbc
Fucking hell it felt like they were rushing him off
Didn’t retire did he 🤔 he was pushed out with Lawro, sure Moaning Jose mourinho had something to do with it moaning they had two ex Lpool players on commentary listening to some of the pundits now (not just talking the women, it was a mistake to push him out far better than the shite they have on commentating now imho!
@waynewoodward674 Replaced by clone parrot Alan Shearer. Other pundits are pretty good though...
Murphy is ok, but they need to get a guy like Robbie Savage on its the same old commentary need to freshen it up a bit, plus far too many women it’s just PC window dressing!@@Baz-Ten
@@waynewoodward674 , You're not wrong there!
By far the best
You can’t win nothing with kids. Alan hansen
Very sad - punditry in the Uk has never been the same…
Love Hansen and genuinely miss his punditry, funny bloke too.
Roy Keane is the best get him on MOTD...Hansen does so remind me of a Saturday night when you haven't gone on the piss
keane contracted to sky tho
Keane is only brilliant on live tv
Too expensive for the BBC, unfortunately.
Hanson was the best pundit imo
Just heard the news. What a legend of the game this man is. Hopefully he pulls through
RIP 🪦 GBNF
The best pundit ever!!! cool as ice was never affected by anyone around him.
Des Lynam best presenter ever….
He’s a really nice guy aswell
As a Man Utd Fan, I still chuckle at that remark he once made "You Can't Win Anything With Kids".... Or words to that effect....Such a brilliant guy... Alan & Gary made MOTD worth watching, Alan Hansen had a brilliant head for football ⚽..... Top Guy Top Footballer..... Hope your illness soon passes and your back to good health....
remember though 'you'll never win anything with kids' hahaha
michael english KIDS*
Firstly he meant ONLY kids and secondly one real " mistake" in using hundreds of thousands of analytical words isn't tooooo bad..
Probably weren't alive then mate
To be fair, there was a larger meaning as others have said, not with kids alone and no had won with that sort of team, it was very unlikely, so his point made far more sense than people now realize.
@@RealistGunner wank stick
Can't believe it's almost ten years. Why did he leave? He wasn't too old, still very sharp.
I appreciate all the lovely comments.... Thank you.
Almost a decade since he left? 😯 Unbelievable
Hansen needs to come back
BIG Alan Hansen... Legend as a player and as a pundit..Class
Alan Hansen and Martin Lawrence were the best ever duo to partner Gary.
Hansen was the best on the show. Would tell you things about defending the average viewer wouldn’t be aware of. Much missed.
Like saying you win nothing with kids...
The greatest prophecy in the history of MOTD, August 1995, Aston Villa 3 United 1, ‘You’ll win nothing with kids’
One of the best on and off the pitch. Legend in fact. Villa fan by the way, so purely based on fact😀👍
Hansen needed for the final day of the 18/19 season where Liverpool could potentially win the league if City drop points.
Very true. Match of the day has never been the same since he left in 2014.
I miss this guy
God, he was so boring and dull, hated his punditry and I'm a LFC Fan
Why'd he retire? He had at least another 25 years left in him....
great manager football never had
"Never win anything with kids"
Fun fact: His kids (3 of them anyway) started a band in the 1990's and had a pretty big hit called MMMBop. Love Hansen! Guys a legend.
You amaze me with your vivid imagination!
Motd legend
Lost his edge before the end became a tired parody of himself "poor defending " "where's the marking" "he's no picking up" in dour Scots tones with little discernible research done on his part. He nearly had a heart attack during the 2006 World Cup when Martin O' Neill showed how out of touch he was and did some proper analysis...prompting him to panic over his pay packet disappearing out of the studio and shouted down O'neill at every available opportunity thereafter. See ya on the golf course Al !!!
The two Alans 🙌🏻
Legend
"You can't win anything with kids !"
Will always remember him with this classic after United lost against Aston Villa on the opening day of the 1995-96 season. United actually went on to win the Premier League and FA Cup double that season with a team whose average age was 26 years and 137 days. LOL
Since Hansen's statement, only Chelsea (in 2004-05) have won the title with a younger squad.
And soon arsenal.. with an even younger sqauad. Wont be too many years
The team was also filled with league winning seniors and an average age of 26 shows this as that's just about coming into prime she on average so his comments that you can't win anything with kids is totally valid, even the very fact that as you say only Chelsea have won it with a younger squad shows it's much much more likely to win with older experienced players, the media just like to spin things and rival fans lap it up.
He was a great pundit, Many years later we have Chunkz as pundits. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Best motd pundits: Hansen, Shearer, Wright, Linekar
Hi alan hansen was one of the greats on the football front ali walsall west midlands england junction 10 m6 Walsall churckery up the walsall
Miss this guy on the show
I am half English and half Welsh. We do.not have a lot of time for the Scots. They in return, do not have much time for us.
Hanson's analyses were always on point. Brutal but honest. He told it how it was. No.mercy. Alan was also a great defender for Liverpool. Not that I like Liverpool but the bloke told it EXACTLY how and why it was. Not like.bloody woke Lineker.
Says he won't say "he runs down the line and he heads it in" . Basically what Alan Shearer has made a career out of.
Totally disappeared from football World unlike Dalglish who still has a few Bob to make.
A good eleven and see no Lampard! That’s the way it should of been always. It’s unfair now that because of Lampard goal stats people are thinking he was as good as Scholes and Gerrard. All lampard could do was pop in the box and nick one lol he wasn’t involved in anything else. England would of won World Cup without him and his f he had any decency he would of stepped down. 2002 was England’s best performance and 98 no surprise that Scholes was there and before those other clowns
Alan was class fantastic for Liverpool & great on MOTD.
I was glad to see the back of him 🙌🏽 what a relief when he retired
He knew what things are going to come .
I met him 1986 ANFIELD October. Lovely man could sell manners to some of the REPROBATES we have in FOOTBALL today.