Gordon Strachan backed by Keith Lamb to get Middlesbrough back into Premier League

26 October 2009 15:06
Strachan wasted no time in getting down to work with Boro as he met his new players and coaching staff at the club's Rockliffe Park training ground before supervising a training session. [LNB]The former Celtic manager, brought in to replace the sacked Gareth Southgate, began the task of masterminding a promotion campaign immediately as he prepared for his first game in charge when Paul Sturrock's Plymouth head to the Riverside on Saturday. [LNB]Boro chief executive Keith Lamb has predicted that Strachan will invigorate the club who are currently fourth in the Championship. [LNB]"We are delighted that Gordon has agreed to join us as our new manager," said Lamb, who met the new manager along with the club's coaching staff on Sunday. [LNB]"Gordon has a wealth of experience as a player and as a manager. The experience will be of great help to the club, particularly to our younger players. [LNB]"For a club like ours, with a wealth of talented young footballers, whose careers are ahead of them, Gordon will be invaluable in ensuring they get every last ounce out of their potential. [LNB]"That can only be a good thing for the players themselves and for Middlesbrough Football Club." [LNB]Lamb was due to accompany Strachan at a press conference on Monday afternoon at the Riverside as the club publicly unveiled their new manager. [LNB]Lamb continued: "By his own admission, Gordon is predominantly a coach who is also a manager, rather than a manager who also coaches. He is very much a tracksuit manager in that the training ground is where he is most comfortable. [LNB]"He is a character and I think everybody, from the chairman (Steve Gibson) down over, will enjoy working with him. Certainly I doubt there'll be many dull days at the football club." [LNB]

Source: Telegraph