Ewan Murray
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
We'll go out and play our game and beat them.
I don't think that exists across football now.
So even... I'm comfortable and confident saying Scotland have better players and a better team than Haiti, but I don't think there's any sense that those players will...
underestimate that or won't be prepared for that.
I think that that has kind of been removed.
And the historical thing is funny because, of course, it's a bare fact if they come out of the group, they will be the first Scottish team to come out of a World Cup group and they will make history.
But I would also regard it as faintly ludicrous to then regard them as the finest Scotland team of all time.
Of course.
Compare them with the teams that didn't make it out of the group and the players they had.
So while that, again, undeniable black and white fact, I think there's probably a bit of nuance to that element as well.
What do you make of the squad, Ewan?
The squad's fine apart from goalkeeper.
Well, that's slightly unfair.
They have goalkeepers, one of them, Craig Gordon, who's 43, and Craig Gordon is still capable of playing, but hadn't played for Hearts since January until he played against Curacao.
Angus Gunn at Northampton Forest, basically no football either.
So goalkeeper is a problem.
Their midfield is strong.
Centre-back, I think, is a bit of a problem.
Centre forward, I think they can get by, including because Laurence Shankland is in a rich way of form.
And I think now Steve Clarke is inclined to turn towards him.