[Devongone]

I don't want to belittle Scotland because they were by far the best side for about 80 minutes, but I kept wondering what on earth Serbia thought they were doing. Three of their four best players are currently known for scoring goals. Now I may be (AM!) stupid, but I reckon you frame your team round the abilities you've got. Only when they'd got Jovic, Mitrovic and Tadic up front together did they look like make Scotland struggle, and even then in Extra Time hedged their bets going forward, as if they'd be happy to settle for penalties. It came as no shock to me when Scotland conceded late. It came as an enormous shock to me how brilliantly the Scots took their penalties. They were superb. (And that's from someone who thinks deciding any game by penalties is a travesty!)

The Scots have done a magnificent job in covering for their current shortage of talent. Well as Scotland did going forward, off the top of my head I could come up with five completely different potential England front threes that would be way better, but Scotland qualifying for the Finals is still bad news for England. Scotland only have one player who could guarantee himself a place in the England squad, but unless we have the sense to pick players who would relish taking on the Scots, like Jack Grealish, they'll cause us loads of trouble. If England saunter out like a set of expensive show ponies against that Scotland side, they can forget the rosettes. Unless England prove to the Scots that they are at a whole different level the Scots will have the same attitude to defeat as Donald Trump, and in this case that will probably be enough.