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I remember Walter saying how he envied Advocaat's squad with all the top internationals on the bench. Smith had the likes of Cleland, Nesbitt and Murray on the park and a load of journeymen and kids on bench like Bolan etc.

 

We had some great first team players but we didn't have strength in depth. If we didn't have all our best players fit and on form then we had a good chance of having a bad game.

 

Need to look up a squad list to find and example.

 

Scott Nisbet was part of the 92-93 side that got to the semi finals, he scored against Marseille at Ibrox in the 2-2.

 

But looking at our squad off the top of my head from the mid 90s (1993-97 to be more specific) under Walter:

 

Keepers:

Goram

Maxwell

Snelders

Thompson

Niemi

 

Defenders:

Gough

Petric

Brown

Pressley

Boli

McPherson

Stevens

Roberston

Moore (but played midfield)

Cleland

Porrini

Bollan

Bjorkland

 

Midfielders:

I Ferguson

McInnes

Gascoigne

Durrant

Steven

Murray

Miller (Charlie)

Huistra

Mikhailichencko

McCall

Gattuso

Laudrup

Van Vossen

Albertz

 

Forwards:

McCoist

Hateley

Durie

Bo Andersen

Ferguson (Duncan)

McSwegan

Negri

Salenko

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Here's the squad for AEK Athens.

 

Andy Goram

Basile Boli

Richard Gough

Dave McPherson

David Robertson

Ian Ferguson

Stuart McCall

Brian Laudrup

Gordon Durie

Duncan Ferguson

Mark Hateley

 

Sub on for Durie: Ian Durrant 69

 

 

Actually looking at that it was a pretty good team. But then AEK are a far bigger club than most Rangers fans give them credit for.

 

I do think that part of it was that the 3-5-2 system just didn't work - with those players anyway, and especially with Boli who didn't fit in it at all.

 

Yeah that is a good team on paper. But it goes back to the case where we played individuals rather than as a team like in 92-93 and in Advocaats first 2 seasons.

 

He obviously played this:

 

_____________________Goram_____________________

 

______McPherson___Gough____Boli_____________

 

Laudrup____Ferguson___McCall_____Robertson

 

____________________Durie____________________

 

_____________Ferguson____Hateley___________

 

 

When a more effective team IMO would have been a 4-4-2 below. I know Durie isn't a left midfielder but he could go down the left channel. I remember his first season in 1994 against Kilmarnock in a cup semi final where he played there and did well setting up 2 goals.

 

____________________Goram_____________________

 

McPherson_____Gough____Boli______Robertson

 

Laudrup______Ferguson___McCall____Durie____

 

_______________Ferguson_____Hateley_________

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