Scotland

I think Scotland is isolated up front and with very little support in the 4-5-1 system.

When the ball is played into him he holds it up well enough and then plays it (usually backwards or sideways) to another blue shirt.

That said, he doesn’t look likely to score even if we played all night. He had a couple of chances against their full backs today, but they had him in their pockets. Mind you, that Hangeland is quality and I can see him getting a move to big club. Scotland just couldn’t turn and shoot, couldn’t make that half a yard that any good striker needs to be able to do. Also thought he could have reacted quicker to Nzogbia’s shot late on that was cleared after Schwarzer saved it.

Overall, he does a job that our system needs, but I hope we can find an alternative in January that can do the same job and grab a few goals as well.