Gordon Smith

[Gordon Smith @Gord07]

So presumptuous to suggest 5 at the back would stop Brazil scoring. We barely got out our half against Morocco with a 5, could have been a few down first half also!.. and as good as Morocco are, of all the teams in the group likely to break down that 5 its Brazil..

[Jonny McFarlane @jonnyrmcfarlane]

Personally don’t think Scotland were as bad across 3 games as the reaction, some of it toxic, suggests.

You can’t miss that many have, some understandable, gripes with the manager over tactical outlook, team selection and personal demeanour in media interviews.

I sympathise with some of that, but there can be no mistaking this was a brutally tough group.

Brazil are Brazil. Morocco are ranked higher than the Dutch and Germans for a reason. Haiti are no mugs and their off the cuff style is problematic to manage.

If anything, Clarke tried too hard to play out and be positive last night in his selections. Most punters and media were happy with the line-up before kick off. For sure, he tried to play football.

We are simply not capable of doing so and winning against the quality of opposition faced in Miami. If you played that game 100 times, how many are Scotland grabbing a result?

In retrospect, I bet Clarke wishes he stuck to his guns and went 5-4-1, stunk the place out and got the 1-0 defeat that likely puts us through. He would have been crucified, but we might just be closer to the last 32

Whatever Clarke did or didn’t do, there’s not much any manager can do about catastrophic individual errors.

We had three of them and each cost a goal. That’s on the players. Hanley, McKenna and Robertson are all experienced professionals who know the game inside out. The captain is a Champions League winner and needs no instruction in such circumstances.

For the third tournament in a row, many of these guys failed to show their club form, yet seldom few ask if there’s a reason for that.

As Ange Postecoglou said the other night in his ITV analysis of Scotland, our best players all excel in their leagues primarily through physicality. Thats the main reason they’re at top five league teams, not consistent technical mastery.

There’s bigger issues at play here, a much wider picture and only long-term strategic planning to produce more talent will help. A long road.

For me, if we are serious about a national team that consistency makes these tournaments and competes, the pathway needs to start with rules that force Premiership clubs to rear and play their talent. When virtually no Premiership side plays their kids with consistency, what chance have we really got?

[Gordon Smith @Gord07]

@brotatopotato67 @SADIQAwan934548 They both had crocs on, there are no sides

[Guz Khan 🥶 @GuzKhanOfficial]

Any riots for this little weapon carrying dweeb?! The internet has got some of these people tooooooo confident 😅😅😅😅😅

[Gordon Smith @Gord07]

Its shocked me that this isnt happening

[Adrian ED @adrianarissta]

@sgarciaz Deberían abuchear todo el estadio, y al calvo cada partido.

[. @BM9MF]

@ibroxrocks If Gerrard or McInnes get the job it is simply to appease fans, not because they’re even close to the best candidate.

That way they can spin it if it fails and say “well a large section of you wanted him”

McInnes style simply does not work for teams who need to win things too.

[Gordon Smith @Gord07]

Twitter is just lies for likes now.. bring back the little blue bird and limited characters

[RS Archer @archer_rs]

My cousin in the UK is moving house tomorrow, six people in the "chain". One of them this morning just sent an email saying he's £20,000 short and asking everyone else to jointly make up the difference or the entire deal folds.

[Gordon Smith @Gord07]

@johnwalker_1986 Hahaha surely as soon as you see that slide its just a mind dump of LinkedIn shit-posts.. bob Mortimer reading out as train guy

[Thiago Silva @tsilva3]

Na metade da jornada da Licença A da UEFA na Escócia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 📚⚽️

Sempre aprendendo. Sempre evoluindo. O futebol nunca para de ensinar! Obrigado @ScotlandNT & @DougieAnderso12 🙏

[Gordon Smith @Gord07]

@AMcKellar89 Appointment aside.. i think the Board are trying to instill the idea that this is the manager and it will be the players that change if there's unrest, rather than the other way about. Just maybe that starts the culture shift they talk about?

[Gordon Smith @Gord07]

@ArrC94 Whats your thoughts on the whole manager revolving door thing?
They identified that at the start of last season then Martin happened.. I'm just assuming their stance is the same and are going to run the course with Rohl

[Heart & Hand Podcast @ibroxrocks]

It was put to Andrew Cavenagh that we’re fed up of the cycle of manager failing, being kept on, bad start, sacked.

He said he understands that but ‘it can’t always just be down to the manager. We need to look at the underlying reasons it keeps happening to break the cycle’.

[Riain @_korg_]

They spent weeks crying about their staff apparently being “assaulted” at Ibrox. They have now went and attacked multiple Hearts players on their own park. Wonder how they will make themselves the victims over this situation

[Gordon Smith @Gord07]

@johnwalker_1986 Not defending Rohl here but it sounds like the big difference is Rohl omitted Tav saying what it would mean to his family to lead the team out..

What players have commented on his management? Rangers players? Genuinely curious cause all ive seen is Barry Bannan 😂

[Gordon Smith @Gord07]

@Revan1872 A similar thing that Rommens was doing for the first... Praying that the defence and/or other midfielders arent posted missing... And yet

[Allah Peño @AllahPeno]

@CarlosAlonzoM JJ: "I want to remake the OT and the Empire/Rebels dynamic, but that doesn't really make sense based on how it ended. I'll just rename them The First Order and The Resistance and not really explain how or why any of it works. Problem solved."

[Gordon Smith @Gord07]

You need 11 players willing to shoulder responsibility, Rangers have maybe 2

[Ian Fen @123456tag]

@albax694 @ibroxrocks He’s putting in effort that no one else is. I actually think the end product is there, we just aren’t taking chances he’s creating. He has been played as a 9 once, he was MOTM and got injured before half time. We is a future 9 but also an absolute work horse.

[Gordon Smith @Gord07]

@CF3Loyal What about lyall cameron from Aberdeen? He was dundees best player

[Gordon Smith @Gord07]

@alexjg0 Was surprised how good Fraser was on the ball both at us and during his loans, was loved at Livi and Dunfermline, cant be coincidence