Sutton puts the boot into ‘Flippin eck’

Chris Sutton is one of the greatest supporters of Scottish football but he doesn’t suffer fools.

Every week across his media commitments at BT Sport, BBC 5 Live and the Daily Mail he talks up the Scottish game among critics who can’t see outside the glories of Burnley, Huddersfield and Fulham.

Fortunately Sutton isn’t a cheerleader and will call out failure when he sees it, just ask Ronny Deila.

Scotland’s hammering in Kazakhstan has given all of the critics of the Scottish game that the ammunition that they need.

The Kazaks are rated at 117 in the FIFA rankings with just four competitive wins in the last decade, failing to win any of their 10 World Cup qualifying ties.

Alex McLeish is now firmly in the spotlight with even his many friends in the media failing to put together a defence for Thursday’s humiliation.

When the blame is pinned on the players the turnaround that Steve Clarke worked at Kilmarnock when he replaced Lee McCulloch shows what a competent coach is capable of achieving.