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Strach wants off the bottom

ScoTlAnd manager Gordon Strachan has instilled an "intensive" regime of training and information-sharing in his bid to rejuvenate the national team. Strachan's side face Macedonia in Skopje tonight needing a result to get off the bottom of their World cup qualifying group.

The players' pride has evidently taken a blow from their position in Group A and they have just two games left to avoid inflicting further damage. Strachan is focusing his attention on learning about his players and teaching them what he expects instead of being obsessed with the table.

When asked how important it was to get off the bottom, Strachan said: "It's important to go and win every game you play or perform, and if you do that you will feel good about yourself.''