Feeling a bit sorry for Steve Clarke. 2 things made his job extremely difficult:-
1. The SPL, and particularly the Old Firm, do not provide the support they could. Celtic/Rangers provided 5 men in a 26-man squad. 3 Defenders, a GK who played 0 games in the SPL last year, and a Midfielder on loan at Kilmarnock. I appreciate budgets are tight-but if Celtic and Rangers spent as much on Scottish players as Japanese/English he would have had more of a chance. As examples, where are the youngsters coming through? Why is Gunn not playing any football?
2. The current 48 team format is totally unfair to the early Groups. Because the later Groups know exactly what is required to be a qualifying 3rd place finisher. Knowing FIFA, their solution will likely be a 64 team format
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