Alex Rae

So this is a team full of quality and...

They really have to be at the top of their game if they're going to get a result tonight.

But the thing is, they've been there throughout the duration, you know, they travel in big, big numbers and I was over in Portugal watching the game and, you know, it was a wee small hours and I was thinking to myself, right, okay, and then you hear them roaring through the stadium and you think to yourself, my God, how many is actually there?

So I've got a friend over there, Dougie, who's been to about five or six, he's an elderly gentleman, he never thought he was ever getting back to a World Cup.

and he's now over there living the dream again having done it so many times and he just says he's living his best life he says the place is absolutely littered with Scots the atmosphere and the support they're getting is setting to none The atmosphere over in Boston has been so good

but I would like that point and I've got a funny feeling between these two games I think we can achieve it Ali No no listen I've got a real belief as well tonight and the reason why I say that is over the course of Steve Clarke's tenure particularly against the bigger teams of Pilots I'm really in the up their game and they're really resilient and dogged and they're going to have to be that tonight and with the backing of the fans I'm really hopeful we can actually get that because what a buzz it would be for the whole nation

to actually get to that next stage, the knockout stage at 32.

Yeah, well, hopefully that would be the case, Andrew.

However, I think you mentioned it was still 25.

I think I expected Moroccans to come out of the block.

So the way they came out against Brazil, they were very much the front foot, took the game to them.

And Scotland are going to have to be very much on their metal early doors because you'd expect him to be out flying.

And then it's going to have to try and impose a sale into this game.

But you're right, it's a cooler temperature and you're hoping that that gives them a little bit of an edge.

But I still think it'll be very difficult.

that result was yeah listen at the end of the day it was all about the result you know the three points getting up and running because these opening fixtures are very nervy you can clearly see that with all the teams you look at Spain who are like standouts like elite players and they obviously get a draw so this puts it into context it was so important for us it gets the campaign off to a really positive start I think Craig Levine makes some valid points here I think that we've already highlighted that Morocco are a

top team, I think the fact that he's gone with this real wealth experience guys he's trusted over the campaigns he feels as if this is the best way to try and get that result that they need I just think that they have to try and impose themselves as well tonight because what they can't do is wave after wave otherwise it becomes such a long game, 90 minutes and so they're going to have to try and get a hold of their ball, I think guys like Christy

Ferguson got on the ball McGinn and McTominay go and try and support Adams and then obviously try and get your wing backs up and I think set plays are key as well because we have such a big team that we can actually capitalise on that It's been a deliberate move by Steve Clarke to

We're still going with expectations.

We have thousands upon thousands of Scots out there in Boston, across the board here.