A Quote by Gordon Strachan
The reason I became a manager was to have full control over training. If you are a coach, you are bound by what the manager wants you to coach. The other reason is that I just like the company of football people.
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A coach - any coach, not just a national team coach - should try to be exemplary. And a national team manager even more so.
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