Strachan wary of Boro Batchelor Boys

Gordon Strachan has revealed that he prefers his players to be married!

After back-to-back defeats in his opening matches in charge of Middlesboro Strachan has plenty of work to do on the training ground but appears distracted by the amount of unmarried players in his squad.

Now that he is no longer at Celtic Strachan can be viewed in a different light as he entertains the media that he dislikes and fires off signs of his own insecurities.

Finding a goalscorer or two amongst his new squad should be more of a priority than getting players down the aisle with the arrival of Marcus Bent on loan from Birmingham raising a few eyebrows.

MARRIAGE

He said: "There are only three players in the squad that are married which is quite unbelievable, in a world that should be for men.

"I have never come across that in my life. That’s how young we are. I’m not saying you have to be married to be a good footballer.

"I’m just saying it felt strange to come to a club where there are only three members of the first team squad that are married.

"You need responsibility in life. I’m not going about finding wives for them, it was just a shock to me."

The early signs of Strachan's reign should be worrying for Middlesboro fans although not as worrying as his first two games in charge of Celtic when nine goals were lost.

SACKED

The Championship is a brutally competitive league with 'Boro dropping down to tenth place on the back of three defeats since Gareth Southgate was sacked with the club in second place.

Strachan arrived on the back of some controversy having claimed that he would never speak to a club who still have a manager only for Southgate to reveal that he had been in discussions for the 'Boro job two weeks before he received his P45

There is no runaway side in this season's Championship but against that more than a dozen clubs have genuine aspirations of reaching the play-off's or better.

On the pitch Strachan has plenty to think about through the international break with Middlesboro losing to Plymouth and Crystal Palace in his first two games in charge.

Two one-nil wins in his final games in charge of Celtic would have seen him lift the title for the fourth year running but an inability to find the net seems to have followed him to 'Boro.

Speaking after yesterday's defeat he said: "When you have chances like that and you don't take them you have a problem, luck has nothing to do with it.
"It's frustrating, just like last week against Plymouth when our best player Adam Johnson missed a penalty.

"It's frustrating for me, it's frustrating for the players who work so hard and it's frustrating for the fans."

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