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 went a stage further than on Wednesday. Our delivery was better today, but our final touch was a problem.
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I've never thought about it that much; I just try to have a plan of how to play the game. Within that plan you have to take teams that are good at defending physically and make them think. In the first half we didn't make Hearts think enough. We made them defend physically, which they handled. We made them think more in the second half. Again, you just can't play the one way all the time. If the team you play against can get in that mentality, then all they have to do is defend. If you can make opponents think, then defend physically, then think... that is what you are trying to achieve that with your team.
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It would be stupid to think people would not notice there was a hitch in his contract and try and get a top player.
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It would have been a benefit to me and the lads in some way in terms of playing in it. I hope we can play with a full deck of cards next time.
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John took us up another level - holding the ball up and scoring the goal,
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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.
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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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For some strange reason we got on together. Maybe it was because I liked talking about football all the time. We'd sit down on the settee, have a cup of tea and chat about the game. He seemed to enjoy my company and vice-versa. You know, I've met football legends and legends of the entertainment business and they've sometimes been quite disappointing in terms of personality. But Big Jock walked in the room and you knew straight away you were in the presence of somebody special.
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I don't think we will be taking that any further now. I believe he has a smashing offer from Lille on the table and it also came into consideration that he has been out of action for a year.
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I am happy to have him in the squad and, if fit, to train with the first team unless something drastic happens.
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Scotland have a system which is getting better, but it's players who win and lose games. Look at England. They have a system, but if the opposition players jump higher, tackle harder and shoot better, your system is in trouble.
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There are only two people who really know the true story, the referee and Neil,
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Twenty years. They've crept up on us. They've gone, just like that.
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When you make those decisions, it is hard because you know you have to let down people who are playing well. I just wish we had that sort of competition everywhere in the team. Two of our best players form-wise have not been getting a game, but I don't have that dilemma elsewhere. The rest of the team really picks itself.