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
team taken champions-league
I've seen teams spend £150 million and get nowhere near the Champions League. It has taken Manchester City a billion to get there. There are no guarantees.
cutting people wife
You people sometimes are like those serial killers you see in films who cut out the words 'I am going to get you' or 'your wife is next'.
player talking years
Arsene Wenger was talking about comparisons with Johan Cruyff, a player who only comes around every 10 years and Thierry Henry is definitely one of those
barcelona messi speak
Everybody at Barcelona loves Messi. They can't speak highly of him
soccer football winning
Good players win you games, good formations stop you losing them.
football thinking hands
Thomas Gravesen thinks he's broke his hand, but I told him that you play football with your feet and not your hand.
lying team drinking
People talk about how you make team spirit - is it golf days or going out drinking together? That doesn't count. When you drink, you just tell lies to each other anyway and talk rubbish.
ideas clue havens
Are there Martians out there? I haven't got a clue. Is there life out there? I have no idea.
soccer football thinking
I think if you've managed Celtic or Rangers you can go on to be Prime Minister of Great Britain, it's that hard.
soccer football numbers
I tried to talk to the ref but it is easier to get to see the Pope. If I'm in London again and I get mugged I hope the same number of people turn up to protect me. There were six police, four stewards and even a UN peace observer out there.
moving exercise curves
Fitness is a curve. You can be Lance Armstrong, or you can be really out of shape at the opposite end. People enter the curve wherever they are and then they can move up the curve, by better nutrition and better exercise.
football nice scotland
Do I miss football in Scotland? It keeps you really alive, that's for sure. Your heartbeat fluctuates. I'm flatlining at the moment which is actually quite nice but you need to go up and down to stay alive.
party winning two
The world looks a totally different place after two wins. I can even enjoy watching Blind Date or laugh at Noel's House Party.
player reality two
It wasn't an easy decision to leave out Bobo, because I could have done that with two or three from the back four. But there's a limit to the players you have and the changes you can make. The reality is we're not defending well enough. But we just have to plug on. There's no magic formula.