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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We had to work incredibly hard at times to win the ball out there,
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We went a stage further than on Wednesday. Our delivery was better today, but our final touch was a problem.
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When you look at the games he's played, it's no real surprise. He's not missed many matches for club or country over the last couple of years and, when you look back to those games he travelled to America for recently with Bulgaria, maybe it's just all beginning to catch up with him now.
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The defense was fantastic, absolutely fantastic and Adam and Stanislav give me food for thought. I don't think Adam made a mistake the whole game.
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We tried something different with our 4-3-3 formation. At times we looked fantastic and at other times we took liberties at the back and looked a bit shoddy.
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Twenty years. They've crept up on us. They've gone, just like that.
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Sometimes to go forward you've got to go to the depths of your own personal despair and claw yourself back. From that point, no matter what happens, you know you can do it.
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The world looks a totally different place after two wins. I can even enjoy watching Blind Date or laugh at Noel's House Party.
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Everybody at Barcelona loves Messi. They can't speak highly of him
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I've had to take a lot of stick down the years but the one thing that really got to me was when someone questioned my integrity. It's the one thing that really grates with you.
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We are taking that into consideration. We know what we have in terms of strengths and weaknesses and might be able to balance that up in the coming years.
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We're back in terms of freshness and imagination and touch. We were a wee bit nervy near the end when they scored but I think we all agreed the game should have been all over and done with.
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I've got more important things to think about. I've got a yogurt to finish by today, the expiry date is today.
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There are only two people who really know the true story, the referee and Neil,