Alex McLeish
Alex McLeish
Alexander "Alex" McLeish is a Scottish football manager and former player. Born in Glasgow, McLeish played as a central defender for Aberdeen during their 1980s glory years, making nearly 500 League appearances for the club, and won 77 caps for Scotland...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth21 January 1959
asked comments game gifted highly knew players rattled
I thought his comments were fine. At times Porto did outplay us, and we knew they would, but the thing is we rattled them. They had highly gifted players but we rattled them. I asked the players to let Porto know they had been in a game and they did that.
body dramatic entire fans heard knew rangers within
When we heard the Rangers fans erupt, we knew it was within our grasp. I got the most dramatic shiver through my entire body when I heard the Rangers fans.
celtic opportunity players themselves
Players like Maloney and Beattie, who've been on the fringe, will see an opportunity for themselves at Celtic now,
ahead good hard position sets strong work
It has put us in a strong position and it's a very good start. It sets us up well but we still have hard work ahead of us.
harsh torn
I thought it was his hamstring. When you see him going down, you think he's torn something. But I don't want to make any harsh predictions.
celtic difficult losing
It is difficult to see Celtic losing it now, but we have got to keep going,
finish players pleased season style
I was very pleased with the players after the exertions of midweek. Now we have to try to finish the season with as much style as we can.
ankle bad barry blow huge injury struggling
Barry is struggling with a bad ankle injury and that will be a huge blow for us,
barry hope join national sake scottish squad
Barry is going to join up with the squad and I hope he's all right for Walter Smith's sake and for the Scottish national team.
against barry eleven ferguson midfield pushing sadly
Barry Ferguson and Ian Murray were then pushing on from midfield and we thought at 2-2 with eleven against eleven there was only going to be one winner. But sadly we will never know.
doubt major
Franny is a major doubt for the match.
admire coach great
He is a great coach and I admire him greatly,
boundless brilliant energy example great snaps team
He had a great game. His energy is boundless and he snaps into tackles. He is a brilliant inspiration and example to his team mates.
cause changes few moment personnel ruled sure system
We're pretty sure of their system but it's the changes in personnel which cause us a few problems. At the moment I've not ruled out anything.