Scotland 1 v 1 Canada

Yup, another painful night watching our national team.

First things first, friendly or not, we should be good enough to dispose of a team consisting of players who ply their trade in the lower league's around the world. There is now a high possibility that if we lose to Slovenia on Sunday we will drop to 78th or worse in the rankings, got to be the lowest we have been in some time?

Were there any positives last night? Yes, 1. The performance of Tom Cairney, the 26 year old lad from Fulham who has progressed rapidly the past 2 seasons in a midfield role. He looked very comfy on the ball last night, retained it well and kept it simple when needed, my only concern is his inability to run with the ball and it slowed us down on more than a few occasions last night.

That's it really, the usual dross of watching Charlie Mulgew think he's Beckenbauer, watching Berra still impersonate a footballer, watching a striker who couldn't trap a bag of cement and a midfielder who runs like he does indeed need a sheidt every 3 minutes.

Woeful, just woeful and the only saving grace is I expect the 4 on form Celtic boys to come right into that team on Sunday and hopefully inject some much needed energy and ability.

Line up for me on Sunday will most likely be:

Gordon

Anya
Martin
Mulgrew
Tierney

Brown
Armstrong
Bannan

Snodgrass
Burke
Forrest

If we somehow manage to produce a decent performance and get the 3 points then we still have a slight chance but anything less and it's officially curtains for our campaign and for Strachan and his backroom team.

NNH