Gordon Strachan
Gordon Strachan
Gordon David Strachan /ˈɡɔːrdən ˈdeɪvɪd ˈstrɑːxən/ OBEis a Scottish football manager and former player. Strachan is the manager of the Scotland national team...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth9 February 1957
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If this were a football match, Portsmouth would be shown the yellow card for time-wasting. To comment now would embarrass the player but there will be a time of my choosing when I will have something to say.
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His presence will always be here, ... But I don't think he would like to be known as a figure that weighs heavily on everybody else. I think he'd like to say 'well, I've done my bit, you get on with your bit now'. The place is adorned with his pictures, which is quite right. But I've been to some clubs where it (the memory of a former great) can be a noose round your neck. It's not such a big problem here. He's well loved rather than worshipped. I think loving something is better than worshipping something. With worship you're kind of pushed into it. It can be a scary thing. It can be indoctrinated into people to worship a particular god. Love is a different. That has to gradually come on. You can't push anybody into loving anybody, but they all loved Jock.
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We may not be thanked for putting our necks on the line but I hope he looks at that.
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He is doing very well. I have been delighted with his performances recently and he is not going anywhere.
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He had a good wee spell. We have to define that. You need to look at the games themselves. People go on about the AC Milan game. He has played in different positions, all over the place, a bit like Joe Cole. We've got to make him a player.
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He does not have to prove anything to me,
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If I say anything at all there will be headlines all over the place.
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If I said to you we're signing Vieira you'd say 'what a signing that is',
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I have had incredible support from the supporters who I have spoken to and come face-to-face with, the real fans have been fantastic.
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I don't have a clue what his best position is, ... because he is so good in all of them. Usually a utility man is ordinary in every position, but he is brilliant in every position and that is a problem, I can assure you.
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I'd like to get home and sit down and let it sink in.
We take that (personal life) into consideration with everybody.
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What you have tomorrow is two teams in a rich vein of form. I won't kid my players - they are playing against a very good Hearts team.
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He's got everyone's respect at Celtic Park, but I'm afraid it's every man for himself on Saturday,