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Clarke didn't change his mind on those players, injuries and covid happened. McKenna was replaced by Tierney, with Gallagher in for Souttar and Hendry (and Bates). There is very little between those players, hence trying them out. Similarly in the striker role, there has been zero stand out candidate, hence why mcburnie got so many minutes before dykes came in. Nisbet isn't good enough yet and might never be. He was tactically poor against Denmark with a poor starting lineup. That said, our squad is thin in too many important areas (Wales have good players in the right areas, Bale especially). Gilmour is fantastic, but we also need a fit McGinn to get close to the front two. When you fall back on guys like Armstrong and McLean the cracks begin to appear as they don't offer anything different. Beyond our best starting eleven we're not good enough to make up for the areas we're deficient in (right back and striker). Like McInnes, Clarke has a complete aversion to useful subs and takes too long to change a game. Like McInnes, he won't take a risk. Scotland can't afford to make glaring errors like the Denmark game, and it happens too often under Clarke. The problem is that he's also probably about (I mean about, the options are all similar) the best manager we can expect at that price and job prestige. He's very good with the players and they all know what they're supposed to be doing, it's just too often that the tactics are simply incorrect. We'll beat Moldova tomorrow though, looking forward to it, been a while since I've been to Hampden.

All part of the summer rebuild

We are shite!! No chance of making the world cup finals. We have no striker and che Adams is an England reject sorry. If Clarke had played Nisbet (an actual goalscorer with ability and confidence) about 10 games ago, we may have scored. Tierney world class? His defending for that first goal was atrocious. We must beat Moldova convincingly and beat Austria or we are fucked. Can't see one of those happening. P.s. this opinion ^^^is not based on the Denmark game alone.