Strachan 'proud' of beaten Hoops

Sun, 10 May 10:00:07 2009

Gordon Strachan declared himself "proud" of his players despite Celtic surrendering their position at the top of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League to Rangers with an Old Firm derby defeat at Ibrox.

The champions had the best of an enthralling 90 minutes in rain-soaked Govan but a Steven Davis goal before the interval - when the Northern Ireland international slid in a Kenny Miller cross - was enough to separate the sides.

The Celtic boss was, as usual, defiant in defeat, saying; "It's always disappointing when you don't win a game but I'm proud of them. To come and play as they did here, was excellent."

He added: "When Rangers scored, I thought we were well in control of the game and then the rest of the game I thought, 'This is good, you are not panicking, you are passing it well and getting to the right areas'.

"But we just couldn't finish Rangers off.

"I was also pleased by the way we started.

"In free play, we did very well and you are not going to get a lot of chances when you go away from home against a good, physical Rangers side with good height.

"You have to think your way through when you are playing against that sort of bulk."

Strachan, however, bristled when asked his thinking behind dropping fans' favourite Aiden McGeady for Shaun Maloney, who was making his first start in the SPL this year.

He said: "If I explained that, I would have to explain why I left Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink out of the League Cup final, why I left out (Shunsuke) Nakamura against Hearts or Scott McDonald at the beginning of the season and I'm not here to explain every decision I make."

 

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  1. Hey al u celts out there we top of the league top of­ the league top of the league and ur noooooooo­ hehehehehe

    From i.given, on Tue 12 May 6:05PM

  2. Pt21....Typical hun will pay money to watch boring­ football and be happy to possibly win the league every­ 4 years...rather pay money to watch good football and­ teams having a go at each other

    From stub1, on Tue 12 May 3:47PM

  3. 21. Totally agree.

    3 points is 3 points. But what are­ you p1 sh ing on about now?? Who wrote a story?

    From GEORGE, on Mon 11 May 11:12PM

  4. Paul G sits at home aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall day long­­ playin on his computer. rejected in his youth, and­­ rejected now
    He's talkin about rangers winnin the­­ league? probably never been out of his house to see­­ them the ugly loner @#$%
    He has no life
    He has no­­ life

    Paul G has no life

    I'd say you live alone­ Paul, dont ya?
    no friends...
    nothing

    From Jonathan, on Mon 11 May 9:59PM

  5. George, as they say it doesn't matter how you play­ aslong as you WIN, 3pts is 3pts, you dina have to write­ a story about how well or not you play, so get it right­ up ya..........WATP

    From Gary S, on Mon 11 May 9:03PM

  6. Typical Strachan babble to say he was proud of he team­ for being losers. Strachan said this all the time in­ England when managing Southampton and Coventry. So old­ habits are back are they Gordon? Strachan got the­ tactics wrong against Rangers bt will he take the blame­ - no of course not! Gordon you're a moron!

    From Allen H, on Mon 11 May 5:55PM

  7. C'mon the Gers

    From css, on Mon 11 May 11:11AM

  8. Gary, proud of the team not proud of the defeat.

    Are­ you really that stupid you need to make stuff up?

    From GEORGE, on Sun 10 May 11:49PM

  9. point 11,so your a good loser? just like you manager­ then, proud that his team got beat, away you go you­ tattie­ munchers............................................

    From Gary S, on Sun 10 May 11:20PM

  10. Point 13, check your name, that says it all you tattie­ picker

    From Paul G CHAMPIONS, on Sun 10 May 4:03PM

  11. Scotlands shame rearing their ugly heads again eh?

    From GEORGE, on Sun 10 May 2:24PM

  12. Swine flu update: Glasgow royal infirmary reports­­ 60,000 Celtic fans sick as pigs hahahahahahaha

    From linzi_shields, on Sun 10 May 1:46PM

  13. Paul G sits at home aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall day long­ playin on his computer. rejected in his youth, and­ rejected now
    He's talkin about rangers winnin the­ league? probably never been out of his house to see­ them the ugly loner @#$%
    He has no life
    He has no­ life

    Paul G has no life

    From Jonathan, on Sun 10 May 10:34AM

  14. ha ha

    From gwmunro, on Sun 10 May 10:06AM

  15. I don't give a dam about Saturday's result, We­ all know that Celtic are the true champions and rangers­ are @#$%. All the rangers fans are cry babies when they­ get beat, but we at Celtic are true supporters. GOD­ BLESS CELTIC

    From j.j.crowe, on Sun 10 May 7:44AM

  16. scumger pigs

    From sirstevejones14, on Sun 10 May 5:04AM

  17. Thank god Celtic see the value in guys like Van­ Hesselink of Castlemilk and Aiden Mc Greedy. Long may­ this continue.

    From scott b, on Sat 9 May 8:27PM
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    You are going back where you belong celtic. No matter­ what you are second class backward voodoo­ practicioners. In your heart you must know this.

    From scott b, on Sat 9 May 8:20PM

  19. all u assas with blue blood,apart from going to hell­ the tic will shine through big time

    From axlmurray, on Sat 9 May 6:52PM

  20. still a wee bit to go yet girls!!fir park this time­ last year when in front on points!

    From zzgus f, on Sat 9 May 6:39PM
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