Scotland just showed they lack the necessary higher level of quality in a few positions, with better quality in those areas they could easily have scored 4 or 5 in today's game as they should have.
CBs aren't good enough, neither is the keeper and neither are the forwards, why Clarke started Dykes ahead of Che Adams only he knows
Robbo was excellent in the vast majority of his play today, he was doing a fair few things I've repeatedly said he needs to add to his game and start doing for us, not sure why he decides to do those things to great effect for Scotland but doesn't do them for us
Played some great early balls in behind their defence, doesn't do it nearly enough for us, when it's on for him to do so frequently and Mo is far more likely to get to them and get on the end of them at the far post than any of the rank average players Clarke started up top
Played a few great early crosses again in behind the CBs for their forwards to look to arrive on running between the 2 opposition CBs, teed Bobby and Jota up for goals with that type of cross last season, but doesn't produce from there nearly enough when it's on
Played some great passes making the play from deep as Trent does from RB, but Robbo doesn't produce often enough for us
Played some quality crossfield switches to release the opposite full back, which he doesn't do nearly enough off to return the favour for Trent for us
I enjoyed his performance and all those things hugely, but I was left scratching my head that I've been banging on about him needing to do those things for us more frequently and consistently and he hasn't delivered that this season and delivered more of the required quality of all those things in today's game for Scotland than he did for us over the whole of last season
He did show he still hasn't bought himself a goal for his back garden and hasn't been practicing his shooting and finishing for when he gets in those great positions for us to do so as frequently as he does, needs to sort his shit out on all those things or us for next season and fucking practice finishing, should have scored 10 in the 19/20 season and at least 4 or 5 last season
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