Winter
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I confess to not having seen a great deal of Gilmour though what I have seen has been impressive and at the level hes playing at too. He is a champions league winner I would worry he may be too lightweight to start the game there will be likely be a few meaty tackles, after an hour sounds like a good call though he has been doing it for Chelsea and we must do something different. Clarke as well , this is the pinnacle of his career so far and possibly ever. The way he sets up the team for this and how it performs could propel him to legendary status were Scotland to win this game. Just a little daydream of what that possibility would feel like is mouthwateringly sweet . Those smarmy breakfast tv and news readers how I'd love nothing more than for them to be reporting on another England shitshow this time at the hands of Scotland. I heard on the news earlier that only if you can show you've been double vaccinated will you be allowed entry to Wembley. That's really controversial if it's true was on telly.A good summation Winter. I do like Clarke as a coach but his instincts are always to err on being defensive. Really we should have been more adventurous in that first game as it was our best chance of getting 3 points. Mind you, it was an unbelievable piece of bad luck/extraordinary piece of skill/unnecessary goalkeeping decision that resulted in their outrageous 2nd goal against the run of play when we were very threatening.
I wonder what Griffiths was thinking watching it in the stands. This could have been a glorious season for him - winning 10IAR, a quadruple treble and then competing in the Euros and instead he let so many people down with his unprofessionalism.
I'd be starting Forrest and Adam too, and would play Turnbull behind Adam to bring in extra tenacity and flair - but I don't think he will. We really did miss Tierney and the thought of him and Robertson rampaging down that left hand side would put the fear into most defences - plus their defences abilities aren't too shabby either. CalMac has had a poor season but I thought he should have started that last game too.
Gilmour can be a good impact sub but this needs to be after an hour rather than with less than 10 minutes to go. Dykes can be brought on later if we still need a goal but we do miss a quality out-and-out striker who is a reliable goal-scorer.