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
guys maturing reasons talking
He's the one who does our talking at the back and he's maturing all the time. Guys like Stephen are one of the reasons you become a coach.
both celtic character exactly expected five gave guys heart include last players shoulder stood tonight vision
The players gave me exactly what I expected of them, both the guys who have been here doing it for the last five years and the newer ones who stood shoulder to shoulder with them and didn't let them down. The vision I have for Celtic must include the heart and character they showed tonight but we also have to play better and get fitter.
feeling good group guys mixture past top trophies win won
We have a new group of players. And a mixture of guys who have won trophies in the past and want to find out if they can still win trophies, and those who have never won trophies before. On top of that, we all want to know if we can win trophies together. We're feeling good about ourselves, and we feel we can win the cup.
player thinking guy
I like to be able to control which players I'm working with. Because it doesn't matter how good a coach you are if the guys you're working with think they already know it all. You need a response, you need to feel they're trying. I want players who are always striving to improve.
door guys includes knocking
All these guys are now knocking on the door - and that includes Du Wei.
critical
Everyone has done it without being critical of the club, their team-mates or myself so I've not got a problem.
biggest next nights until wait year
The biggest disappointment for me is that I will have to wait until next year until we have nights like this again,
bothered game hilarious minds nobody team took wee
It was hilarious this morning. I actually used it in my team talk. Nobody bothered one little bit. It took our minds off the game for a wee while.
side talk
Once he was established in the side I said we would talk about a contract, which we are doing,
body dynamic fair games good hopefully losing player recent rest suggest
It's never good losing a player like Stan, but hopefully the rest will do him good. I think it's probably fair to say that he hasn't been as dynamic for us over recent games and, if you look at his performances, I think there's a lot there to suggest that his body has been getting tired.
game goal happy league time
I haven't been there for a competitive game for a long time but I scored my first ever league goal there, so I have happy memories.
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I lived in England for 21 years and I know that everybody, apart from some of the teams that think they might get relegated, would love Celtic and Rangers to be in the English League. I think it will happen eventually.
light nerve training
It's a nerve thing. He'll probably be able to do some light training on Monday.
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Apart from not taking advantage of the good crossing positions we got into, we also need a better shape,