Not solely are Gordon, Kelly and Clark out at current, Robby McCrorie went down within the warm-up. All of it chance, he is the one who would have come on in opposition to Iceland.
With Gunn and McCrorie prone to be out of Monday’s pleasant in opposition to Liechtenstein, too, and Slicker’s confidence by the ground, will Clarke flip to another person?
“It’s a must to discover out what’s within the participant’s thoughts as nicely, how he is feeling about it,” former Scotland defender Willie Miller stated of Slicker.
“What you are in search of is honesty from him. Does he really feel like he can tackle the problem within the subsequent recreation, or that he does not need to?
“Does the supervisor need to take him out of the firing line?”
McKenna, 18, has extra senior expertise than Slicker, however not by a lot. He performed 9 matches for Queen’s Park within the Scottish Championship earlier than signing for Bournemouth in 2024.
He is been of their growth squad since and has been with the Scotland group as a coaching participant for the previous week.
Given the dearth of choices, Clarke’s first cellphone name could be to Jon McLaughlin.
The 2-time Scotland cap, 37, solely performed one FA Cup recreation for Swansea Metropolis final season and is now out of contract. However he was a squad common, is skilled, and would seemingly be thought-about one of many most secure choices.
Dundee goalkeeper Jon McCracken was in Scotland squads throughout the season simply gone, however was changed between at Dens Park by Trevor Carson halfway by the time period.
Different Scotland-based choices can be Scott Bain – just lately launched by Celtic – or Ross Doohan – just lately signed by Celtic.
MK Dons keeper Craig MacGillivray has beforehand been known as up by Clarke, too, however would seem like a great distance down the pecking order today.
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