THE merest mention of the 1978 World Cup in Argentina still sends a shiver down the spine of Scotland supporters who are old enough to remember the…
“I followed that through the trauma of Peru and then the Netherlands. In 1982, we were back in and from then onwards it was all about England.”
“This is a very good Scotland team now. Steve has done a brilliant job. I really like him. He’s a real competitor and an excellent coach. They have some good players and are on a really good run. “We have to find the right balance of physicality, freshness, experience, winning, playing well. The first thing is we can't fiddle around with the team as we are playing a top level side at full tilt. They will give us a high level challenge.”
“Our attacking play didn't quite click,” he said. “But that was down a lot to the surface. I wasn't too critical afterwards because of the way the ball was bobbling about. But we are still the top scorers and it was still a really good result.” Southgate admitted that he is an admirer of both men, but stressed that, like his counterpart Clarke, he remains unsure which country they will end up representing in the future.“Both are very good players,” he said. “In terms of Harvey, he has played for us before. We have a lot of competition in that area of the pitch. But he’s a player we are always monitoring and like a lot.
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