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Gordon Strachan

Gordon Strachan on Wayne Rooney : Its an incredible rise to stardom, at 17 you?re more likely to get a call from Michael Jackson than Sven Goran Eriksson.

 

Reporter: Gordon, Do you think James Beattie deserves to be in the England squad? Strachan: I dont care, I?m Scottish

 

Reporter: ?Gordon, can we have a quick word please?? Strachan: ?Velocity? [walks off]

 

Reporter: Welcome to Southampton Football Club. Do you think you are the right man to turn things around? Strachan: No. I was asked if I thought I was the right man for the job and I said, ?No, I think they should have got George Graham because I?m useless.?

 

Reporter: Is that your best start to a season? Strachan: Well I?ve still got a job so it?s far better than the Coventry one, that?s for sure.

 

Reporter: Are you getting where you want to be with this team? Strachan: We?re not doing bad. What do you expect us to be like? We were eighth in the league last year, in the cup final and we got into Europe. I don?t know where you expect me to get to. Do you expect us to win the Champions League?

 

Reporter: Gordon, you must be delighted with that result? Strachan: You?re spot on! You can read me like a book.

 

On Augustine Delgado: Strachan: I?ve got more important things to think about. I?ve got a yogurt to finish by today, the expiry date is today. That can be my priority rather than Agustin Delgado.

 

Reporter: This might sound like a daft question, but you?ll be happy to get your first win under your belt, won?t you? Strachan: You?re right. It is a daft question. I?m not even going to bother answering that one. It is a daft question, you?re spot on there.

 

Reporter: Bang, there goes your unbeaten run. Can you take it? Strachan: No, I?m just going to crumble like a wreck. ?ll go home, become an alcoholic and maybe! jump of a bridge. Umm, I think I can take it, yeah.

 

Reporter: There?s no negative vibes or negative feelings here? Strachan: Apart from yourself, we?re all quite positive round here. I?m going to whack you over the head with a big stick, down negative man, down.

 

Reporter: where will Marion Pahars fit into the team line-up? Strachan: Not telling you! It?s a secret.

 

Reporter: You don?t take losing lightly, do you Gordon? Strachan: I don?t take stupid comments lightly either.

 

Reporter: So, Gordon, in what areas do you think Middlesbrough were better than you today? Strachan: What areas? Mainly that big green one out there?.

 

And now Big Ron

?He can?t speak Turkish, but you can tell he?s delighted.?

 

?In some ways, cramp is worse than having a broken leg. But leukemia is worse still. Probably.?

 

?The 33 or 34-year-olds will be 36 or 37 by the time the next World Cup comes around, if they?re not careful.?

 

?There?ll be no siestas in Madrid tonight.?

 

?Chile have three options ? they could win or they could lose. It?s up to them, the tide is in their court now.?

 

?They compare Steve McManaman to Steve Heighway and he?s nothing like him, but I can see why ? it?s because he?s a bit different. They are both called Steve.?

 

?Despite his white boots, he has real pace and aggression.?

 

?Goalkeepers aren?t born today until they?re in their late 20s or 30s and sometimes not even then. Or so it would appear. To me anyway. Don?t you think the same??

 

?The substitute is about to come on ? he?s a player who was left out of the starting line-up today. There were others as well.?

 

?The ref was vertically 15 yards away He has a moustache.?

 

?England have the best fans in the world and Scotland?s fans are second to none.?

 

?It?s like a toaster, the ref?s shirt pocket. Every time there?s a tackle, up pops a yellow card. I?m talking metaphysically now of course.?

 

?I?d love to be a mole on the wall in the Liverpool dressing room at half-time. And not for the reasons that you?re thinking of Clive.?

 

?The game has gone rather scrappy as both sides realise they could win this match or lose it or draw it even.?

 

?I don?t think there?s anyone bigger or smaller than Maradona. You seen the pictures as well, Clive. Like an acorn I tells ya, just like an acorn.?

 

?I know what is around the corner. I just don?t know where the corner is.?

 

?You can?t do better than go away from home and get a draw.?

 

?...using his strength. And that is his strength, his strength. You could say that that?s his strong point.?

 

?I came to Nantes two years ago and it?s much the same today, except that it?s totally different. The red light district is still the same mind you. Though it?s a lot bigger. And more expensive. I prefer Hamburg, more variety. There are these ladies there with fully formed moustaches, know what I mean.?

 

?Argentina are the second-best team in the world, and there?s no higher praise than that.?

 

?A tremendous strike which hit the defender full on the arm ? and it nearly came off.?

 

?The good news for Nigeria is that they?re two-nil down very early in the game.?

 

?That decision, for me, was almost certainly definitely wrong.?

 

?I think Ron will be pulling him off at half time and no mistakin?.?

 

?You?d think the Moroccans would have learnt their lesson by now. You can?t win games without scoring goals.?

 

?You?d think the Cameroonians would have learnt their lesson now. You can?t get very far with such brutal tackles. It?s just not cricket you know.?

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Ha ha ha, that's delightful, Owen.

 

Strachan's comments are priceless.

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Gordon Strachan

Gordon Strachan on Wayne Rooney : Its an incredible rise to stardom, at 17 you?re more likely to get a call from Michael Jackson than Sven Goran Eriksson.

 

17 is probably too old for Michael Jackson.