It’s hard to keep my mind on much aside from the announcement tomorrow of our first Scotland roster under George Burley, but there is always the small matter of keeping an eye on our World Cup qualifying groupmates. All of the four nations that share Group 9 with Scotland are in action on March [...]

Aside from keeping our starting keeper, Craig Gordon, fit and healthy, Sunderland AFC might just have even more to offer the Scotland national side. Apparently, Roy Keane’s newly acquired defender, Phil Bardsley (no relation to 2-cap England right back David) is unsure about where to commit his international loyalties. He was born outside [...]

It’s still a month and change until George Burley’s first friendly match in charge of the Scotland side, but he’ll have been watching keenly today as many of our upcoming friendly and World Cup qualifying opponents were in action. Here’s a quick look at how they fared.
The big one: Croatia v. Netherlands
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