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Just watching Croatia v Scotland and the commentator said Alex Salmond passing away is a sad moment for "all of Scotland". NOT ME PAL. However, Michael Stewart sounding heartbroken made up for it. 😀

Yeah it was a case of trying to hard to impress. Plus he is too honest and a bit scared of the media. There is a huge difference with other countries and what England are doing. France in the 90s ripped everything up as they hadnt won anything bar the Euro 84 (i think). I remember being at school and discussing with my mates saying they must have some team if Ginola and Cantona couldnt get a game - then in Euro 96 they were poor but after that they were awesome - and since the WC 98 and Euro 2000 wins they have still been a powerhouse reaching WC finals in 2006, 2018 (won), 2022 plus Euro 2016. Spain thought they were the biggest under achievers in world football in the 2000s and then grew into themselves scooping everything from 2008-2012. They had a dry patch but are on it again and were miles ahead of everyone else this year. There system is already in place with their manager coming through from U21s to the first team. Where as England stumbled across Southgate who is a Director of Football at best and wasnt even a contender for the job before the Allardyce scenario. He took them to Semi's and Finals with draws he couldnt have handpicked kinder and was always falling short with his tactics - now they think Carsley is in the line for promotion just because its what Spain did (well planned) despite never managed at top flight club level and only dealing with U21 players rather than full time players from top clubs - the step up is massive.

One from recent years - Daniel Candeias! Our right side was never better and he was a very reliable finisher. Was gutted when he left and has never been replaced.

Scary thought that we might have Tav for five more years

One unsung hero for me was Kevin Drinkell. Gutted he only stayed for 1 season. He was a tireless worker and did a lot of heavy lifting and spadework for McCoist that season. He never gave up and always put in 100%.

Too late, just have him enjoy a video of Sandy Jardine playing at right back. Tav will be 33 soon. Jardine won Scottish Player of the year when he was 38.

Should sit Tav in front of a telly to watch McLean crossing a ball see if he can learn anything

Wilson tried to pull Cousin’s jersey but he just dragged him along at his back as if he wasn’t there until he let go & went on to score 😂

My mind immediately turns to their left back, Mark Wilson. Cousin just ignored the challenge as an irrelevance on his way through to score the first in a 2-4 win.

McLean was a fantastic crosser of the ball and Russell was a first class inside forward with great vision.

If you are going down the Daniel route then Daniel Cousin - perhaps more of an enigma - could be unplayable on his day but didnt do it enough. Tam Buffel was another of mine - always thought he was a classy player.

English caretaker manager didn’t do his job prospects any good with that result

Stuart Munro ... back in the day when I started to follow Rangers. And Robert Fleck. For some reason, fullbacks are high on that list of unsung heroes, like Davie Robertson and Stephen Wright, even Alec Clelland. Pieter Huistra or Dale Gordon. Of late, Dean Shiels and Greg Stewart.

John Little succeeded Tiger Shaw and successfully partnered George Young, Eric Caldow and Bobby Shearer. In this photo he torpedoes Paddy Buckley of Aberdeen. Tackles like that were fine in those days but pull somebody’s shirt and you got jeered off the park. Quite right too.