Former Scotland goalkeeper Gemma Fay says the national side do not have a “clear identity” under Pedro Martinez Losa.
The Scots failed to qualify for their third major tournament in a row following Tuesday night’s 2-0 defeat by Finland in the Euro 2025 play-off.
“I’ll be honest, I’ve been struggling to pinpoint what their identity is,” Fay told the BBC’s Scottish Football Podcast.
“Scotland has always unashamedly built teams around our best players. When I was playing, we built it around Julie Fleeting. She was the star, she was the difference maker.
“Everybody talked about Kim Little in attack, she was actually our best defender. We played this transition game because that’s what she was so good at.
“And then you come to this generation and it should be built around getting the ball to our midfield, allowing our wide players to get high and wide, bodies in the box to finish. And I think we’ve struggled to do that.
“We struggled to see the likes of Erin Cuthbert, Caroline Weir and Sam Kerr being that anchor there and if we don’t get the ball there and they can’t impact the game then we struggle.
“Yes, we won games in our qualification campaign but we didn’t dominate games enough. So I do get a little confused when Martinez Losa speaks – he can’t seem to find something to hang his hat on, and I think that’s come across.
“I don’t think we have evolved as much as we could and should have.”