Our man surveyed the national team picture after the loss in Amsterdam and with the Germany countdown well and truly on.
But when Steve Clarke said some people may choose to look negatively upon a run of six games without a Scotland win, the national manager was also absolutely spot on. Of course they will. If he was being brutally honest with himself, Clarke would admit that this is hardly the kind of run he would have wished to embark on, now that he’s getting so close to leading his squad to Germany this summer.
What’s more, some of the individuals in dark blue shirts looked technically more talented and perhaps even superior to their opposite numbers in a resurgent Netherlands side which is now ranked as the sixth best on the planet. But there is no reason to believe that the results won’t suddenly begin to spike again now Clarke has carefully handpicked the last part of his side’s journey to the finals. And somewhere inside his own mind, the manager will reflect on the circumstances surrounding Friday night’s beating with a considerable amount of contentment.
With Scott McTominay and John McGinn adding drive and unbound athleticism to the middle of the pitch, there was an almost perfect balance to Clarke’s side. Kieran Tierney and Robertson were reunited on the left hand side of Clarke’s defence and the pair picked up on their telepathic working relationship as if they had never been wrenched apart.
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