Strachan 'surprised' by Mowbray claims

Fri, 30 Oct 16:16:18 2009

Gordon Strachan has defended the quality of players he left Tony Mowbray at Celtic.

Hoops boss Mowbray has recently criticised the squad he inherited from Strachan, threatening an overhaul in the January transfer window.

But new Middlesbrough manager Strachan has expressed surprise at his successors claims, telling the Daily Record: "Yes, I'm surprised because there are some terrific players at that football club."

He added: "I don't want to comment on what Tony might have said but I will say this - I used to go to training and think to myself, 'I love watching this'.

"I loved watching some of these boys playing the game. I loved the boys with technical ability - the McGeadys, Maloneys, Nakamuras and Browns. I was so lucky to have so many good players to work with over my time there.

"In fact, I would set up the training sessions knowing fine well I couldn't wait to watch it or coach it.

"It was a pleasure to be on the same training pitch as these guys.

"I'm telling you - these are good players and good men."

 

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  1. Quite right to most of the guys on this forum. WGS lost­ the league but that seems to have been catasotrophic­ and most Celtic fans must take the blame. The guy did a­ good job. From what I can see from a distance, Tony­ Mowbrey is all plenty talk and little action. I was­ hoping Celtic would qualify for the semis. Then it­ would have meant St Mirren only had to worry about St­ Johnstone!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Andy, on Fri 30 Oct 3:17PM

  2. to all you Celtic fans willing to listen, Strachen lost­ 21 points from january to may and lost the league, yes­ mogga has started badly, but he's just started­ where Celtic left off.

    From inverkenny, on Fri 30 Oct 1:02AM

  3. I'm a celtic fan and it sickens me that the club­ forced strachan out and replaced him with this idiot­ mowbray who knows sweet f*ck all about football and how­ to get the best out of his players. So far, this season­ has been the worst brand of football I have seen from­ celtic in years! strachan had passion & delivered 3­ strait titles and it wouldve been a 4th had the players­ not screwed it up themselves....the players have been­ @#$%e since january this year when they had a 7 point­ lead and blew it. mowbray has now taken them­ backwards...so much for the celtic cr*p with mowbray­ being one of our own..he's a f*ckwit, sack him and­ hire someone competent, having a celtic background­ means @#$%e

    From andy, on Thu 29 Oct 1:52PM

  4. Ha ha. Is this comments from the same Celtic fans that­ said "Mowbray is one of our own". What ever­ that means.
    You lot forced Strachan out, and now you­ moan about it. Look at the success he gave you. Do­ you really think that a man who talks down his players­ is going to have any success as a football­ mananager.
    You could see last night the Celtic players­ are arguing with each other and blaming each other for­ mistakes, this has been rubbed off from Tony­ Mowbray's atitude to the players.
    You are using­ the Rangers situation to stray away from the fact that­ you will struggle to win anything this year.
    If you­ are hanging on to the feeling that Mowbray will be­ given a huge budget to spend on amazing players in­ January then dream on. He had a big budget when West­ Brom where promoted and look what happened there. Plus­ your board will never give hime as much as he wants.

    From ellis , on Thu 29 Oct 8:19AM

  5. It's with great sadness that I report Celtic Park­ was broken into last night. The entire contents of the­ trophy room were stolen. Strathclyde police are­ believed to be looking for a man with a green carpet

    From Charles, on Thu 29 Oct 5:59AM

  6. Oh Mowbray forgot to blame the Prime Minister and the­ President of the USA. And while we are at it why not­ blame Ben Laden and Al Qaeda too and just to be happy­ chuck in the IRA as well. But never himself. At least­ Strachen knew what he was doing and has won the club­ the SPL.

    From cokrowinoto, on Thu 29 Oct 1:10AM

  7. HEARTS HEARTS HEARTS HA HE HA

    From Charles, on Wed 28 Oct 11:53PM

  8. come back strachan all is forgiven we need a manager­ like you not a yo yo like mowbray @#$% we havnt­ scored a goal at parkhead in ages from BIG MAC

    From mcmillan631, on Wed 28 Oct 10:42PM

  9. sack that @#$% now some team selection he hasnt a clue­ and as 4 ngemo and fortune send them with him we need a­ good manager and a big clean out or weer fukkked

    From bruce280, on Wed 28 Oct 10:14PM

  10. All you pr icks who forced Strachan out, I hope you are­ satisfied with his successor (misnomer if ever there­ was one).
    Sickened by Mowbray.

    From frankiethebear2002, on Wed 28 Oct 9:49PM

  11. Mowbray is making excuses for his own ineptitude. The­ man is not only a shockingly bad football manager,­ but
    blaming the players is simply a cowards way out. I­ am sickened by this man. He's worse than John­ Barnes and Lou Macari combined.

    From frankiethebear2002, on Wed 28 Oct 9:47PM

  12. well wgs i'll wait and see if you come in for­ caldwell and mcmanus and co in the jan window but i­ wouldn't hold my breath on it but i bet you will be­ snifing around artur boruc

    From the azzurri, on Wed 28 Oct 2:38PM

  13. strachan must hate those backstabbimg paranoid­ rats/ENGLISH SAM

    From john, on Wed 28 Oct 2:06PM

  14. @#$%!! If anything you stiffled whatever creativity­ there was...the whole falling out with wee McGeady was­ over him wanting to be more creative while Strachan­ wanted the ball out wide with useless crosses thumped­ in to no-one.

    From seaniebhoy163, on Wed 28 Oct 1:43PM

  15. Nice one wee man, for someone who was castrated by­ people who know nothing, you deserve a medal.

    From css, on Wed 28 Oct 12:40PM
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