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Aye, an ageing McKimmie would have done the business at right back tonight. Hanley is a sub for a league one team, but he started on his wrong foot ahead of a guy playing in La Liga every week. McLean also playing a league below Christie in the same position. Johnston getting minutes versus Ralston not. Gordon is really the only one that you'd want replaced, but where the options are much worse. Like Brown, the players that he is loyal to do/did a job, and were loyal in return (McLean never misses a squad). However, that has to be balanced against the reward for your progression and effort between squads (minutes on the park, level of team), and I think both managers were off on that. Clarke will be looking at someone like Hanley and suggesting that he did very little wrong. However, doing little wrong is the bare minimum. McKenna would have advanced the ball forward, either carrying it from defence or moving it quickly. That's a net positive. Similarly Christie would have been better sitting than McLean, who did just okay. Johnston would have been rewarded for playing every week with his opportunity. Clarke is just too safe, and too slow to change. Clarke's peak team that beat Spain was top class. Brown's peak teams were very good too. Pragmatism and safety definitely works to a large degree. Until it doesn't. Knowing when to move on is a skill neither possess.