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Scotland are about to kick off another qualification campaign. It

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is 24 days and counting. Which hopefully can take us to our first

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major final since 98. That made tonight's match with Australia

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significant. We will get the thoughts of two internationals, Pat

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Nevin and Steven Thompson after the Nevin and Steven Thompson after the

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action from Easter Road. There is a sense that Scotland need to get a

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positive result, although it is just a friendly. Leave leave --

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Craig Levein will hope the hammering from the United States

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will not undo the work from what he feels has been a good start. We

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knew his team last night. A first start for Jordan Rhodes after the

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withdrawal of Mackie. 40 girls in English League One last season.

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Danny Fox is back for the first time since George Burley's last

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game in charge nearly three years ago. Only Andy Webster in that line

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up plys his trade in Scotland. The Fulham keeper Mark Schwarzer is 39

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now and laubg welcomeshire helped his team knock Dundee United out of

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Europa league. The referee is Tom Hagueen. -- Hagen. Scotland get us

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under way as international football returns to Easter Road. Not much

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more time for tinkering, the Serbians lying in wait for the

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he didn't know where it was. He would have loved that to have been

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just in front of him. I think he does the rate thing. Snodgrass

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releases Morrison and the centre half has got to come out and that

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means Rhodes is spare. It just for the the diving header.

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striker's dream, getting a lot of joy down this right hand side. A

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great ball and a striker's dream. distance. He gets a corner. They're

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getting so much joy in midfield with that extra man. Morrison gets

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a turn and the defendser has to go to him. James Morrison was, if

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there were any stars, he was one of them in the European Championship

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a run on the defender, Berra has to Naismith goes himself. Again the

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movement is all important. The referee does a good advantage,

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Naismith picks up. Ognenovski goes to him. But you will need better

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Carney, but it wasn't given. And Kruse comes through. McGregor made

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himself available. Was that a hand used? No, says the referee. How on

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earth did that stay out? Billy Dodds. I don't know. But there is a

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hint of a band ball. But Scotland switch off and I don't know what

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Hutton's doing. I think that is out of pitch. I think that is hand ball.

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I think it is over the line and it is three bad decisions. We have got

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away with one there. No doubt. Stone wall penalty. And a sending

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off as well. We got away with a big Simply stunning from Bresciano.

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With the laces, one thump of his right foot and Scotland are behind.

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It is a strike and a half. We clear the box well enough and get height

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and distance. But you do nothing about that. That is as sweet as you

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like. Allan McGregor left with no chance. A dipping, stinging volley

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to put Australia ahead. Just before the 18-minute mark. A stunner from

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Mark Bresciano. His 12th Craig Levein's 19 games in charge.

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goal now. It is a great strike. That can't be any nearer the post.

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McGregor no chance. I think if we go back to build up and thousand

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corner came about, it was -- how the corner came about. It was

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incredible. The first ball out. They had the one where it was over

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the line, the penalty claim. We did get awhich with one after they got

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away with one. Scotland have a problem with Allan McGregor. And

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the change will be made now. Craig Levein was going to give Matt Gilks

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a chance any way. But he wouldn't want it in these circumstances.

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Allan McGregor has just moved to a new club in Turkey after leaving

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Rangers and all the problems they have had. McGregor in a bit of

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distress. Look like he will return to Turkey injured. And Matt Gilks,

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who has been in squad after squad for some time will come on to win

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his first cap. I think we should lack at the build up to the goal.

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The ball, I think they have got away with unbut two wrongs don't

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make a right. Then they have the shot. That is over the line and it

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is a band ball. It is ehear the goal or a personality. I -- it is

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either a goal or a penalty. There is three clear mistakes by the

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referee and his assistants. James Morrison is going to come off with

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a knock on his hip. He will be replaced by Maloney. Well he

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started brightly. A few chances. An able replacement in Shaun Maloney.

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But it is not going for Scotland. The keeper going off and going a

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down and now Morrison off. We have of them. A first international goal

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for Jordan Rhodes. He has taken that so well, stooping low with the

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header. Will this be the first of many for Jordan Rhodes in dark

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blue? Again it is Naismith. The movement was great. He has come

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from penalty spot to six yard box. But he has still got to get the

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right correction and he certainly does that. For -- correction and he

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certainly does. For your first start. What a great goal. Header,

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movement, different class. Jordan Rhodes, such a brilliant season

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last term for Huddersfield. Some ask could he make the step up. Well

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he has answered some of those qualifies to play for Scotland

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through the school rule. Because he was at school initially in Scotland,

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because his old man played up here for Dunfermline and St Johnstone.

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was a team mate of his old man. He was a character. You said a couple

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of moments ago, must keep it going. There have been some set backs and

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it may have rocked us, but it was bobbing about in the area.

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They're not slow with the movement think both teams haven't been

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shoddy in passing it and taking slack ones. In another time that is

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a booking. Yes, Berra, and Gary Caldwell after her back as well

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because it was his fault. It is Brett Holman, the Aston Villa

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player, who is down. 54th Cup. Scored a couple of times in the

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World Cup a couple of years ago. Against Ghana and Serbia. Scotland

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meet next month at the start of the World Cup qualifiers. Their German

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coach it looks on. Two minutes being added on at the end of the

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first half. Brett Holman walks off. This must be a worry for his boss,

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the former Scotland captain Paul Australia will make the change

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on this ground. Trainee dad and Tobago. -- Trinidad and Tobago.

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That was a long time ago. They have played the two minutes of stoppage

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time and the Norwegian referee ends an entertaining first half in least.

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Australia got the lead with a quite stunning goal. Allan McGregor could

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get nowhere near it. And Jordan Rhodes' first start, first goal for

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his home side. Half-time at Easter Road. Scotland 1, Australia won. --

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goalscorers. He has been replaced of the World Cup. The Scots get

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their qualification campaign under way next month. Will Craig Levein

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be happy just now? I think he will be delighted at the first half.

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Overall, I think he will be really pleased with their performance so

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decision to make a few years back. fantastic save. -- Matthew Gilks.

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Good strike. I do not know if the goalkeeper got a touch, all the

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goal from the man who has just scored. A Jason Day its and turning

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past his own goalkeeper. And the Scot's lead 2-1. One at an

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introduction that is. The Jordan right in the top corner. The touch

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from Jordan Rhodes was superb. A cross from Danny Fox was brilliant.

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Davidson will not want to see that again. Ross McCormack is coming on,

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a new hero for the Tartan Army. Jordan Rhodes, who scored the

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equaliser, goes off. Jordan Rhodes, a world-class goal. The movement

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and execution. The effort, desire, commitment. It was all there from

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do read for Celtic. -- do it for returned to action, really. Last

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game was in the autumn. For Rangers, before he moved to Everton. His

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feels he should have been back last season. He has just reminded his

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manager what he can do. That was good defending from their point of

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lot to do and he does reverses it Black is coming on for Scotland.

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This is a source of controversy. Ian Black to come on. Currently

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playing in a Scottish Football League third division. And you can

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hear what the Tartan Army maker of this. The Tartan Army are not too

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sure about this, because he is decent enough chance from Webster

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it used Dartmouth. -- to start with. the Norwegian referee. A thoroughly

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satisfactory night's worked from Craig Levein. He will feel a very

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appreciative pat on the back four Jordan Rhodes as well. A night he

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will never forget either. Set up by Danny Fox. He also set up the M

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goal from Jason Davidson which made it 2-1. Ross McCormack men making

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its three to one with a cool finish as well are. Just Davidson, who got

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the own goal who turned this game on their head after at the Scots

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went ahead. Craig Levein will be happy with that, as we look ahead

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to Serbia and Macedonia next month, because that is when it counts. At

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You got to be happy with that especially after the game with the

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United States. It was important that we... Got back on track.

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Jordan Rhodes grabbed the head lanes, scoring and coming off to a

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standing ovation? Yes I'm pleased for him. Said there is pressure on

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him, because of what he has done on the field and the goals he has

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scored. I'm pleased that he managed to get on the score sheet. Everyone

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was here to watch him. How do you feel, first international zart and

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first goal? Delighted. I won't do much sleeping tonight. But what a

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feeling to go out there and the kick off and singing the anthem and

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hearing the fans. So brilliant. A real proud moment for me. Ryan, not

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a great result for you, but your international debut, how did that

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feel? I on thinking about that since I was a boy. So it was a

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proud moment to represent Australia. I remember speaking to you after

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the first Gyme of last season at Ibrox, where you started at Hearts,

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you have come a long way and forced your way into the team, won a cup

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and made your international debut. It has been a whirlwind 12 months.

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That was one of my first starts last year. If you were to say then

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in 12 months you would be playing for the Socceroos, I would have

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laughed at you. It was a will the of hard work and I'm delighted.

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Iain Black, he dominated the headlines. Is he somebody that will

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be playing against, who may well come into your minds. It shouldn't

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have dominated any headlines, the whole thing was none sensical. He

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was next in the line to be chosen and he got on the park. He would

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have been with us in America if he had had that injury. It was, the

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whole thing is, for me, is inconsequential. I don't think

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people doubts his ability. But the questions were being asked... It

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has divided the supporters. What's happened. He made an issue out of

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something that is nothing. Can you ask me some questions about

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positive things, rather than trying to brick you down. I'm not trying

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to bring you down A3-1 victory going into a massive thing. Yes, I

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said I'm pleased with the result and the way we played. But we don't

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get any points for that tonight. And what is important now is the

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Serbia match. That is an opportunity for some guys to stake

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a claim. Some have done that. I hope we don't lose any more players

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and I will play trie to put out the best team possible for that match.

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Thank you. I think we are all worried about what happened in

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America last season. I certainly was. We're feeling happier now

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about the qualification campaign after what happened tonight. Let's

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talk to Pat and Steven. Before we go further. Let's nail this Black

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gate. If Scotland were playing as winning as they did tonight, do we

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care what league the players come from? Not just because we won

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tonight. But I said it today, you know, he is a good player. I think

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his style of play is suited to international football. So if he is

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playing well and gets his opportunity for Scotland and does

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play well, I couldn't care less what league he is playing in. Well

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done to Craig to bat it away. But it shouldn't have been a story. He

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got booed on tonight. I felt sorry for him. It should be his proudest

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day and to have this negativity, he was there on merit and was one of

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best player last season. He is pulling on a Scotland jersey.

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was just what Scotland wanted, going into three and a half weeks

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against Serbia. Yes they need toad -- needed to build confidence. It

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was a good result and some good performances. That will please

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Craig Levein. Craig Levein probably said, let's set the tone in the

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first 20 minutes. They certainly first 20 minutes. They certainly

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did. He probably also said, you ruined my summer! That is the first

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ball played to Hutton. Look where he is playing, he is right up there.

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And he doesn't go back. And he wants to get forward. This is, this

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happened all the way through. Getting to the line and getting

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csss in. We love to see that. The first 15 minutes were particularly

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good. It wasen just Hutton. But a lot was down the right hand side.

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You get the first sight of Rhodes there. He is unluckly it comes off

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his standing foot. Brilliant movement here. Some strikers just

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naturally do it, find space. get coached to death on it, but

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some strikers have just got it. That was a fabulous ball again.

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a striker, you were droolling at the amount of ammunition there was.

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There must have been a dozen-plus good crosses. Here is another one.

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Rhodes was on the end of everything. What I liked, even when the ball

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doesn't come in, he will go to right place. And if we stop this,

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the ball come back. If its played in first time, there is Rhodes at

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the back post. He will get in fronts of his defender. He always

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seems to nick in front and get a half yard. The defenders don't know

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where he is. That is the secret. That was an example of the final

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ball not being the right one and that is great, because there is

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more to come. Yes, I think in the system that they were playing with

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Naismith on one side and Snodgrass on the other, allow Hutton and Fox,

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who are both capable of bomb down the flank and putting in crosses,

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especially Danny Fox and getting the deliveries in and Naismith,

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Rhodes and Snodgrass with make it into the box. It is a dangerous way

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to play. This was the big negative of the night for Scotland A switch

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off which was matched by a switch off from the officials. You see

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Hutton is jogging back. Get ahold of the guy. But this a multitude of

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mistakes. It is a shocker. I heard Billy Dodds say two wrongs don't

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make a right fplg I think there were three or four. This ball was

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out of play by a foot easy. Where is the assistant. And where is the

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goal line technology. That is a hand ball. It should have been a

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sending off. But it is actually in. What Dodds said, there is a hint of

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hand ball. I don't think there is anybody in the stadium who didn't

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realise. It would have been a shame for Scotland to lose a goal.

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However they do. Sometimes from a Scottish point of view you want to

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pick holes in a goal against. There wasn't much wrong with that. Berra

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does everything right. Nobody thinks it is going in there.

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Including breshian know. It is an outrageous strike. -- Bresciano.

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There are four players between the keeper and the ball. It is an

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incredible strike. McGregor's got no chance. I think we can say it

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was a decent goal. The Rhodes goal was also special. He had been

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building up to it. This is all movement. Fox is in acres of space.

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The quality of ball is great great. If you watch lods' movement. He

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drags the centre half away. He this he is peeling to the back post and

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it is a wonderful header. He will be a happy young man. Ffrpblgt you

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put three keepers in, they don't save this. It is not a fluke. The

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movement is all timed. It is natural and he has been doing it

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for a couple of years. So that is the guy, it is not as if it is not

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going to happen. I have every confidence he will have a big

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career for Scotland for many years. That is just a natural thing. He

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has woshed on it. He is a hard worker and he has just about

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everything you want. Rhodes is screaming out for a place in the

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real stuff, sois Danny Fox. You played with him. I played with

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Danny at Burnley and he has good quality in his left foot. Even

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balls into feet for striker, but his delivery from the side is

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superb. The second goal, comes from Danny's delivery. He has got that

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quality and he has improssed -- improved defensively. He is ready

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to be a Scotland left back. I was about Danny Fox and Jordan Rhodes

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in the build up. Yes. Great willingness to get in there. That

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is a lovely touch and a brave touch. He knows he will take a hit.

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Composure from Fox was great. He could have slid in Adam. But you

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see it now. It is a good ball into an area and a wonderful finish.

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is only millimetres above Adams' head. Into a good area. But I that,

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I don't know what he is thinking of. He doesen miss though. Scotland

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deserved it. You may say it is lucky, but Scotland deserved it.

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They had a lot of. It is about putting pressure on the opposition.

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That was a ball that he was uncome formable with. Yes he has panicked.

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He had Scotland player behind him and in front of him and he doesn't

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know what to do. Not much went wrong for manager. He brought on

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Ross MacCormack and he scored. Another former team mate of mine.

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He links up well. He comes across and gives the keeper the eyes. The

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keeper thinks he is going to the bottom left and me whips it the

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other way. He shapes his foot around this ball. We see at first,

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maybe he mishit it. Absolutely not. He has pull it back and the keeper

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can do nothing. There was a great willingness about him. He has a lot

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of energy. We often say about Scotland players are we going to

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upset if we don't pick them. You know? The attitude is you're not

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picked, the next time you are picked you show the manager. He

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came on and showed a fantastic attitude and got the goal and gave

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the manager the best lake in the worlds. He has another couple of

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forwards to look at. That is a problem for Craig Levein not just

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in picking the team, but in picking the squad. Yes, I think in every

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position he is covered now. There is a couple of players in every

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position now. And it is a great problem to have. Maybe the only

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position you are conserd about now if you look at the injury to

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McGregor. There afs great moment where I thought, we have had two

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players taken off, we were one goal down and we have come back and won

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the game with ease. So so many positives to take out of the game

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for the manager. But I think he will think, oh daerbgs keeper, we

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smai -- dear, we may have a problem. You imagine Gilks will come in. The

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word on McGregor is is a groin injury and a serious injury.

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have David Marshall in Cardiff. not pushing a St Mirren player.

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Well he was in the squad for Cyprus game and there is cover there. But

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maybe not somebody with a lot of experience and a lot of caps.

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shouldn't be too negative. We have got cover for most places on the

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pitch. At one time we were wondering who we will play at full

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back. But we have so many choices. It is good that we have got that.

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It is just about all over the pitch. In we have got everyone fit it is a

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tough one to decide to go, which ones to go with. I hope McGregor or

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Gordon come back soon. Scotland won by a distance. Against a team

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ranked 4th in the world. -- 24th in the world. You take the rankings

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with a buck tet of -- buck ket of salt. Lack at the first two games

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that we have got, the Serbia Macedonia game is at home. They are

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must win games. Then you're away to Wales and Belgium and you talked

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about Belgium. You fancy them. I do not think anyone will run away

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with this group but I do not think you can lose your home games. A

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good sign going into these games is the weather. You mentioned Belgium.

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Let's look at tonight's's friendly matches involving our group rivals.

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Holland were beaten 4-2 by a Belgian. Croatia beaten by the St

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score line by it Switzerland. Wales lost at home to Bosnia-Herzegovina.

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England beat Italy 2-1 in Switzerland. Let's have a look at

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what lies ahead for Scotland in terms of qualification and

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campaigns. The two home games to come. The first one is in three-

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and-a-half weeks, Serbia, followed quickly by the game against

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Macedonia. Those are the 2012 matches and after the turn of the

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better about those games on the Yes, it was a big worry, what

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happened in the USA. But we were talking about it before, it was

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ended season, the guys were gone completely. Craig Levein said today,

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I thought about it and watched the game. Let's make you Scotland

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manager. What is your team for the Serbia again? This is tough. Maybe

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a couple of surprises. Because they are home games coming up... I would

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not get rid of Kevin Miller. A little bit in, allowing her agent

:47:10.:47:16.

to come up on the outside today. They the only thing I would change

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his... I liked Caldwell to lights in the back four Because it gives

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them security. With Hutton and Fox bombing forward. I thought Gary

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Caldwell did very well tonight in that decision. A tough one. Fox

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Mulgrew. He has come armed and played very well tonight. -- he has

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come on. Suddenly, we can be excited. Not too carried away. It

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is a friendly but I tell you what, I am really looking forward to this.

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