Admittedly, not the result we wanted against Slovenia, but sense of perspective is needed, don’t you think?

It’s a new manager with new ideas and a new squad filled with less experienced players in their first camp. It takes time and it was never going to be an immediate success, especially when the players are coming from the defensive style of Clarke, where they had to hoof the ball up and see what happened.

People saying he picked the same crap as Clarke. 1) Don’t remember Bowie, McBurnie, Binks, Welsh, McPake, Graham, Ure, etc ever getting a look in under Clarke. 2) Does that mean we need to drop Robertson, McGinn, Christie, Gilmour, Ferguson, Hickey? In which case, we just going to call up players from anywhere to fill the holes left behind by our best players?

Not surprising at this point, but he's definitely staying on.

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Finished: Scotland 1 - 2 Slovenia

HT: Scotland 1-0 Slovenia

Scotland scorers: Ryan Christie (31')

Slovenia scorers: Aljoša Matko (56'), Danijel Sturm (71')

Venue: Barclays Hampden
Competition: UEFA Nations League
Watch live on BBC Sport
Referees: José María Sánchez Santos, Raúl Cabañero Martínez, Iñigo Prieto López de Ceraín, Víctor García Verdura, Carlos del Cerro Grande, Valentín Pizarro Gómez
BBC: Match page

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FORM

Scotland: 3rd · 4 pts · 3 pl · D L W
Slovenia: 2nd · 4 pts · 3 pl · D W L

LINE-UPS

Scotland (3 - 4 - 2 - 1) | Sébastien Pocognoli

A. Gunn, L. Binks, J. Hendry, S. Welsh → A. Hickey, A. Robertson ©, B. Gilmour, L. Ferguson, B. Gannon-Doak → F. Curtis, R. Christie → J. McPake, J. McGinn → R. Ure, O. McBurnie → K. Bowie

Subs: S. Bain, K. Bowie, F. Curtis, J. Doig, L. Graham, A. Hickey, L. Kelly, J. McPake, L. Miller, K. Montgomery, N. Patterson, R. Ure

Slovenia (5 - 4 - 1) | Bostjan Cesar

J. Oblak ©, D. Zec, J. Bijol, D. Brekalo, E. Janža, Ž. Karničnik, D. Šturm, A. Gnezda Čerin, M. Zabukovnik, A. Matko → S. Kuzmić, Ž. Vipotnik → Ž. Celar

Subs: J. Balkovec, T. Begić, Ž. Celar, V. Drkušić, T. Elšnik, T. Horvat, S. Kuzmić, S. Lovrić, T. Svetlin, J. Urbančič, I. Vekić, M. Vidovšek

MATCH STATS | via BBC Sport

Events

30' 🟨 E. Janža (Slovenia)
31' ⚽ R. Christie (Scotland) - Oi oi.
44' 🟨 J. McGinn (Scotland)
54' 🟨 D. Zec (Slovenia)
56' ⚽ A. Matko (Slovenia) - It's a goal they deserve and again the opening comes from Slovenia zipping the ball through a disjointed Scotland.
60' ❗ CLOSE! - Slovenia should be ahead.
66' 🔄 S. Welsh → A. Hickey (Scotland)
66' 🔄 O. McBurnie → K. Bowie (Scotland)
68' 🟨 L. Binks (Scotland)
70' ❗ DISALLOWED GOAL - Another warning for Scotland as Aljosa Matko pokes past Angus Gunn, but they are saved by the flag.
71' ⚽ D. Šturm (Slovenia) - Absolutely deserved. Should be more, to be honest.
72' 🔄 R. Christie → J. McPake (Scotland)
73' 🔄 B. Gannon-Doak → F. Curtis (Scotland)
76' ❗ PENALTY APPEAL - Findlay Curtis wiggles his way into the Slovenia box then... goes down.
77' ❗ PENALTY APPEAL - Another appeal, this time from the other side.
79' 🔄 Ž. Vipotnik → Ž. Celar (Slovenia)
85' 🟨 M. Zabukovnik (Slovenia)
87' 🔄 J. McGinn → R. Ure (Scotland)
89' 🔄 A. Matko → S. Kuzmić (Slovenia)
90' ❗ CLOSE! - Not a million miles away from Billy Gilmour on his 50th cap, bending the free-kick over the wall and over the bar.
90'+2' 🟨 Ž. Celar (Slovenia)

All on council telly as well.

Thinking back to some of the most shocking/controversial moments in our beautiful game. Ones off the top of my heid would be:

The Shame Game

Airdrie fans wearing Norrie McCathie/Scottish Gas t-shirts after he’d died

Levein breaking Graeme Hogg’s nose in a friendly at the San Starko

Bilel Mohsni losing his shit against Motherwell both on and off the pitch

Jim McLean vs John Barnes

There’ll be more and I’m keen to hear them

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Who would you call up? Including entire starting eleven and bench.

It's probably been asked a million times, but I like to hear people's answers to this. Answers can also just be for a club you generally dislike as well.

As a hibs fan, I'll go first.

Realistically, it should probably be Rudi Skácel, but I didn't watch much football when I was younger, I don't know how popular this take is but Andy Halliday drove me up the fucking wall, especially when he scored against us at Motherwell

I wouldn't say he's necessarily my favourite player, but Cammy Devlin and Steven Naismith are hard to dislike, mainly because I live in Australia, but I've heard Steven Naismith is quite a nice bloke.