31-03-2016, 13:42
Makes no difference who we suggest. Strachan will keep with his favourites - Brown, Mulgrew, Fletcher, Morrison, Hanley, Greer - no matter how piss-poor they're playing domestically. This blinkered outlook to change and progress will lead to failure yet again.
Fair enough, the possible replacements need to make a case for inclusion. McGinn didn't do too badly the other night, but it needs to be kept in mind that he didn't look out of place - in a team playing utterly turgid football. Same goes for Tierney and the out-of-his-depth-internationally Griffiths. They all need to do better, if only to keep the fan pressure on Strachan to embrace change.
Fair enough, the possible replacements need to make a case for inclusion. McGinn didn't do too badly the other night, but it needs to be kept in mind that he didn't look out of place - in a team playing utterly turgid football. Same goes for Tierney and the out-of-his-depth-internationally Griffiths. They all need to do better, if only to keep the fan pressure on Strachan to embrace change.