Mowbray May Be Treading the Same Path As Wenger

The Herald (August 20, 2009)

Author: Hugh Macdonald Chief Sportswriter

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SOMETIMES it pays to consider the past before planning the future. There is a good case for suggesting that teams coached by Martin O'Neill and Gordon Strachan would have run Arsenal closer at Celtic Park on Tuesday night. Few, surely, would claim that teams led by the two previous managers would have prevailed over two legs but O'Neill and Strachan would have gone about their business in a different style from Tony Mowbray.

O'Neill, of course, had considerable assets. He could employ Chris Sutton, Henrik Larsson, John Hartson, Alan Thompson, Neil Lennon and others who were all players of English Premier League level, at least.

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Mowbray May Be Treading the Same Path As Wenger

Strachan would have battened down the hatches against the Gunners. He would have sought to nullify the opposition, hoping that one such as Shuns...

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