Just when we thought we were out, they pull us back in. OK, so this Nations League might have been more Tommy Conway than Michael Corleone but getting to the knockout stages would still be an offer we can’t refuse. Because Scotland can still reach the quarter-finals – despite looking dead and buried after three defeats on the trot.
Friday’s win over Croatia at Hampden gives us that chance. Beating Poland, plus a bit of luck from the other A1 group game will propel us there – and make us a Pot 1 team for World Cup qualifying. Capiche? But we can’t worry about Portugal and Croatia.
Certainly Steve Clarke won’t be. His mind will only be on how Scotland perform tonight in Warsaw and his team is on the up all right. They’ve played some great stuff in this campaign, albeit without the results apart from last week.
Will there be more of the same against the Poles tonight? Poland: Skorupski, Piatkowski, Walukiewicz, Kiwior, Kaminski, Szymanski, Moder, Zielinski, Zalewski, Buksa, Swiderski. Subs: Bulka, Dragowski, Wieteska, Gurgul, Slisz, Urbanski, Bogusz, Puchacz, Kozubal, Kapustka, Marczuk, K. Piatek.
Scotland: Gordon, Ralston, Souttar, Hanley, Robertson, Gilmour, McLean, Doak, McTominay, McGinn, Dykes. Subs: Slicker, Robby McCrorie, Christe, Conway, Shankland, Taylor, Barron, Porteous, McKenna, Armstrong, Gauld, Devlin. Find out in our LIVE blog for all the action, reaction and analysis.
Squad options sign of Clarke's depth With John McGinn back in from the off, one o.