Scotland’s surrender at Wembley must be Gordon Strachan’s final failure | Ewan Murray


After almost four years in office Strachan has provided no tangible progress and it is time for Scotland to seek better leadership elsewhere

Scotland’s followers are in danger of wanting to stop the world before leaping off. In what has curiously grown as a theory relating to the country’s troubled international set-up, some would have us believe the identity of manager is irrelevant because of the pitiful resources he has at his disposal. Shoulders shrug as bad results accumulate.

This does a disservice to what Scotland can call upon. It also offers tacit admission of one of Gordon Strachan’s most glaring failings: not maximising what he has at his disposal. Nations who have achieved far more than Scotland in recent times would gleefully have Ross McCormack, Jordan Rhodes, Charlie Adam, Matt Phillips and Tom Cairney among their group. Scotland have discarded them while simultaneously bemoaning everything they do not have. Just because Scotland do not have a multitude of strengths, there is no reason not to accentuate those they do enjoy.

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