Chris Sutton believes that Scotland must stick by Alex McLeish despite the 3-1 defeat from Portugal.
Six defeats in eight matches wasn’t the expected reaction for Gordon Strachan’s replacement as Scotland’s Nations League hopes hang by a thread.
After the 2-0 win over Albania offered some home back-to-back defeats from Israel and Portugal has left Scotland and McLeish fragile and exposed.
Two friendlies at Hampden has resulted in seven goals conceded with Steven Naismith’s last gasp goal providing no consolation.
Scotland 1-3 Portugal…It wasn’t a contest but did we really expect anything else? Mcleish deserves the Nations League games v Albania and Israel…the truth is Scotland haven’t been good for a long long time…
— Chris Sutton (@chris_sutton73) October 14, 2018
McLeish now faces an intense month of scrutiny ahead of the next Nations League tie away to Albania before the section is completed at home to Israel.
Having suffered seven call offs from the squad that was announced for the Israel and Portugal matches it’s unlikely that there will be a stampede of players making themselves available for a trip to Tirana
With little signs of progress from four internationals this season patience is running very thin with the Scotland international manager.