Talk sport Strachan interview (15 Viewers)
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Sky_Blue_Daz
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I'm sure he's at Christ the king in the next week or so doing an appearance . Strachan not Simon Jordan
Sky Blue Goblin
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Wouldn’t shock me if it was another advert for the CBS like DublinsWonder what he's up to at the CBS
Domo
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...stairs going up to the bedrooms
alexccfc99
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It is not my era so cannot comment, but has time and hindsight been kind to Strachan's stint as manager?
From someone looking back who did not live through it, it seems to me that Mr Richardson was the one holding the club back and Strachan did decent enough to keep our heads above water for as long as he did
Not trying to rewrite history I am just curious
From someone looking back who did not live through it, it seems to me that Mr Richardson was the one holding the club back and Strachan did decent enough to keep our heads above water for as long as he did
Not trying to rewrite history I am just curious
Strachan had a good group, granted often selling better players, but still a good group. He was very stubborn, which was his downfall.
Personally should have got more out of that group, especially after the 97/98 season.
shmmeee
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Not sure about that. Had probably the best set of players the club has ever seen.
Remember that game where Hedman got injured and he refused to take him off in spite of the fact he could barely walk. Stubborn is exactly the word - and quite condescending towards the fans too from what I can recall.
Paul Anthony
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Strachan still gets a lot of flak for taking us down, and certainly there were times he was very stubborn, and he clearly had his favourite players which was to the detriment of the sqaud, but I've always had the opinion Richardson bit off more than he could chew and eventually we simply couldn't sustain it. Unfortunately, it just happened to coincide with it being about the absolute worst time to get relegated.
Joy Division
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He was right to be sacked at the time, performances were awful on the pitch and players looked disinterested and lost. However if we had known how rotten the club was being run at the time from the very top I would probably would have given him a bit more time.
castellon_skyblue
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I thought Strachan did a great job here. I do remember him saying in an interview ,after finishing here, that unless a football club has the money to refresh the squad then 3 years is all that you should do at the same club.
I think he was right or maybe that’s his limitations.
Middlesbrough in April 1999. Remember it well being my first match and wondering why he made no attempt to save a long range shot!
Evo1883
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Couldnt navigate enough wins away from home in a season where we only lost 2 at home ..we should have made europe really
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COVKIDSNEVERQUIT
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ThievingScally
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Far outstayed his welcome.
Left us 19th in the Championship & £60million in debt.
We had some good times - and it certainly wasn’t all his fault. But you can’t sugarcoat the end. He was incredibly stubborn and never really acknowledged his own shortcomings.
TSx
Left us 19th in the Championship & £60million in debt.
We had some good times - and it certainly wasn’t all his fault. But you can’t sugarcoat the end. He was incredibly stubborn and never really acknowledged his own shortcomings.
TSx
alexccfc99
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Wonder what he's up to at the CBS
Recording an advert like this one with all our old managers
COVKIDSNEVERQUIT
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Strachan signed some cracking players, McAllister, Robbie Keane ect, some great performances and goals.
But then had the rug pulled from under his feet by having to sell the above players and others.
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ovduk78
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It was ridiculous as Kirkland was on the bench
TomRad85
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Very split for me. He wasn't helped by the players that left in the summer but obviously wasn't great in our relegation season and completely lost it the following season. He was the manager for my favourite season of all time though, ironically the one before the relegation season. I'm aware this is probably in part due to the fact it was the season i started going a lot more, but even parking that some of the football was fantastic and some of the games are burned into my memory. Yes we were dire away, but i didn't travel away and for some reason it almost felt kind of separate to the home stuff at the time. If you didn't go you'd just catch the results on the news or watch 2 mins on MOTD, then you quickly got over those shitty 2 minute highlights the following week when we cooked someone at home again. Also his interviews were always hilarious.
I probably held on to it in part because i didn't think i'd see Premier League football again or footballers as good as those footballers again. Hopefully we can make new memories.
TomRad85
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Feel like it was more 4 or 5 than 2 tbh but most the others were wins. If we were even half decent away then we could have really done something.
Evo1883
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We lost against villa and leicester only in 97/98
TomRad85
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Ah apologies, thought you were on about 'the entertainers' of 99/00.
COVKIDSNEVERQUIT
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As a motivator and a coach absolutely brilliant, as a player for us brilliant
give him money to spend he buys dud after dud
COVKIDSNEVERQUIT
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Are you having a laugh, " buys Dud after Dud"
So you're calling Gary McCallister and Robbie Keane duds, are you?
Joy Division
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Runar Normann
Jairo Martinez
Yzrael Zuniga
Colin Hendry
Jean-Guy Walleme
Laurent Delorge
Craig Bellamy
Ivan Gurrerro
Keith O'Neill
COVKIDSNEVERQUIT
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Well done, but you didn't answer my question are Gary McCallister and Robbie Keane duds?
DannyThomas_1981
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Agree with this. I believe from a number of ex players he was a decent coach. But he was totally inexperienced as a manager and we ultimately paid for that. He had a complete blind spot in improving the defence and as others say selection at times seemed to be based on some kind of favouritism. To get us relegated with the money we spent was a disaster. Should never have been appointed as a manager in the premier league given his inexperience at the time (not his fault) - didn't help himself after being appointed. And don't get me started on the Big Ron, Chris Coleman and Peter Reid eras - high profile names - very poor managers.
Darren Huckerby
Gary Breen
Magnus Hedman
Roland Nilsson
George Boateng
Steve Froggatt
Mo Konjic
Youssef Chippo
Mustapha Hadji
John Hartson
I would suggest his success rate was much better than dud after dud!
ThievingScally
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The whole country thought he was a decent manager because of quips on MOTD. The interviews were often detached from reality and ignored some of the glaring issues on the pitch.
TSx
Additional - As a player he was brilliant. It was only a handful of appearances for us - but his impact & endeavour was amazing. Reminds me a bit of Sakamoto!
TSx
Additional - As a player he was brilliant. It was only a handful of appearances for us - but his impact & endeavour was amazing. Reminds me a bit of Sakamoto!
COVKIDSNEVERQUIT
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Thanks for posting that some great players amongst that lot.
rob9872
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I liked Strachan, still do tbh. He got loads wrong and ultimately was at the helm when we fell through the inevitable trap door, but I had many good times watching his teams and the one thing he never deviated from was being honest and forthright. You might not like or agree with what he said, but a true professional, ethically sound and a decent guy. I think it was all a bit too much for him in the end and the right decision to move him on, but a good football man who cared.
