STRACHAN proud of players

 Scotland manager Gordon Strachan was less than happy with questions regarding his future but has praised his team's performance in their 3-0 loss to England on Friday night. There are speculations over the gaffer's future after a run of poor result.

Gordon Strachan- mirror.co.uk

“At this moment in time, if you think I’m thinking about myself, then you don’t know me,” he said. “You absolutely don’t know me."

“Sitting here and worrying about myself? You’re wrong. Completely wrong. All these guys [the players] travelled down here, their families travelled down here, the supporters. When will I think about me? Probably when I’m just about to die. I’ll say: ‘Yeah, how did you get on Gord? Not a bad life’. At this moment in time it’s absolutely nothing to do with me."

“I have to think about everyone in that dressing room and how I send them back to their clubs not down. They gave it their best shot. We go away now, I’ll go and see if my family are alright. I’ll have a talk with them. And then we’ll de-brief with everyone else."

“The game was cruel to them tonight. Really cruel. In life, if you put that much work in, somewhere along the line the game will get good for you again.”

Strachan noted that England taking their chances well while him team failed to take theirs as the only difference between the two sides.
“At this moment of time, I feel really proud of the way we played and went about the job with no fear,” he said. “At the same time I’m really, really hurt that they had to go through that last 15 minutes having put so much in and believed in what they did."

“I couldn’t ask any more of what they have in their locker. You just need a wee break, a wee bit of magic. I’m really down for the lads in a way, but proud of them in what they tried to do," Strachan added. “Those chances were huge. Huge. With class players, like Sturridge’s header… that’s a hard header, and that goes in. That’s what you get from world-class players.”

Scotland have four points from as many matches in Group F.

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