Friday, November 22, 2024

You are Scotland boss Steve Clarke… what would you do?

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Nations League: Scotland v Croatia

Venue: Hampden Park, Glasgow Date: Friday, 15November Time: 19:45 BST

Coverage: Listen live on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio Scotland and follow live updates on the BBC Sport website & app

Scotland have won once in their past 16 matches so perhaps fresh ideas are needed.

Maybe you could be the coach to change the national team’s fortunes, starting with the final two Nations League matches of the campaign?

Croatia visit Hampden on Friday, before Scotland travel to face Poland the following Monday.

If you were given the chance to be Steve Clarke and take charge, what would your approach be?

You can select your XI, map out your tactics and deliver the pre-match team talk below…

Choose your XI and your formation?

Things are looking better than they did for the last double header in October.

Influential midfielder John McGinn is back after injury, while Scott McKenna, Jack Hendry, Greg Taylor, Lawrence Shankland and Tommy Conway also return.

Goalkeeper Angus Gunn is still absent, as are the likes of Aaron Hickey, Nathan Patterson, Kieran Tierney and Lewis Ferguson. And Che Adams is a doubt.

But there are still more options than there were last month, so who would be in your XI?

How would you approach the game?

Clarke’s default is to be defensive, although there has been a little bit more intent to their attacking play in recent games.

Regardless, Scotland started with three defeats before the obdurate draw with Portugal, so would you change the approach?

Chose your preferred style of play below…

What would your team talk be?

You’ve chosen your line-up. Your style of play has been decided. Now it’s all down to the players.

Before they go out on to the pitch, you’ve got a few moments left to deliver one last message.

Is there a particular instruction you need to focus on? Or is it time to deliver a final rallying call?

Send us your pre-match team talk here

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