Paul Hartley and Steven Pressley have hardly set the green and whiteheather on fire since being replanted at Parkhead from Hearts and Strachan has confounded many by his persistence with the anonymous Jiri Jarosik.
As a result, arrangements were made for the double agents, their families and minders to stay at hotels including the Eagles hotel in Llanrwst, the Swallow Falls Hotel in Betws y Coed and the WhiteHeather Hotel and the Evans Hotel in Llandudno.