Scotland fell agonisingly at the final hurdle in their Euro 2008 qualification bid as Christian Panucci's last-gasp header earned Italy a 2-1 win at Hampden on Saturday night.Daily Record Blame Souness For Missing Out On Euro 2008!
Scotland fell agonisingly at the final hurdle in their Euro 2008 qualification bid as Christian Panucci's last-gasp header earned Italy a 2-1 win at Hampden on Saturday night.And I couldn't believe it this morning when a reporter from the Daily Record appeared on SKY TV and said the rot set in with Scottish football "when Graeme Souness joined Rangers as player-manager".
For God's sake ... that was TWENTY YEARS AGO!
That's like saying Newcastle have not been the same since Kevin Keegan retired as a player!
They have long memories those Scots. We hardly had a wonderful time under Souness' leadership, but come on you Scots ... "let it go".
Daily Record: "Souness brought some good players to Scotland, but he brought a lot of rubbish (from England). Rangers spent big money, and Celtic followed signing players from outside of Scotland".
Alex McLeish's side needed to win to ensure a path to Austria and Switzerland next summer and, despite going behind just two minutes in, they almost overcame the reigning world champions.
Barry Ferguson's 64th-minute tap-in cancelled out Luca Toni's opener and James McFadden missed two late chances to win it for the home side before Panucci struck in injury-time.