Fletcher makes himself available..

True db but unfortunately part and parcel of management is to deal with players egos and not only keep them in line but keep them happy.

Under normal circumstances it would be hard to make a case for Fletcher if it was just a normal tactical disagreement but it wasn't normal, it was the horrifyingly humiliating 4-6-0 Fletcher criticized, one of the most inept pieces of tactics in football history. Fletcher just naively spoke out against it.

Even more reason for Levein to see him personally and tell him who the boss is, instead Levein has been saying in the media "tell him to let me know if he wants to play". Not really good enough from Levein if you ask me.

Maybe Levein could have handled it better but I still don't think it justifies such a response from Fletcher. He can't have been the only player that felt the way he did and no-one else felt it was bad enough to stop playing for the manager.

Again I would question his desire to play. You've got McGregor taking injections to play games.A guy who has had his disputes with past managers, fans and the beaks and yet has shown a desire to still represent his country and even risk his fitness and short term club future. Whereas Fletcher is happy to sit at home while the squads get together. If he really wanted to be a part of it don't you think he'd done more than tweet about it over two years?

I guess we'll soon see what his desire to play is like once Levein is fired after the next double header and a new manager selects him.

We won't know what his desire is like until he's on the park but because he fell out with Levein, that doesn't mean to me he doesn't want to play for Scotland. I know some people think it goes hand in hand but some people think it doesn't. Does Ibrahimovic not want to play for Sweden cos I saw him volley the goal of the tournament in for Sweden at the Euros?

I was full of support for Levein when he was appointed and so many things over the last couple of years have completely destroyed my faith in him.

The team needs inspired and I now don't believe Levein is capable of that. I hope he proves me wrong but to me we need every good player we can get despite petty squabbles which is exactly what this is and Levein has allowed it to become.

Fletcher is every bit as much to blame but bring him back and let him do his talking on the pitch, if he starts banging goals in it's astonishing how quickly people forget.

Fletcher can GTF he turned his back on thye country when we really needed him,i dont care if he cost sunderland £14m,unless he makes a grovelling apology to the manager and the fans he can get tae fack the unt

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Gordon Strachan was asked for his opinion on ESPN on Saturday.
Strachan in my opinion is one of the most respected managers in the country and when he talks he's always worth listening to.
He said that Fletcher should contact the manager and tell him he had a bad day when he excluded himself from the Scotland set up and that he would now like to be considered,
He also said, which everybody might not agree with, that when you wear the Scotland jersey you represent your country not the manager.
There is no national anthem for Craig Levein but there is for Scotland.
Sensible words from maybe the next Scotland manager.
Unfortunately even if he did Levein's stubborness would probably prevent him picking Fletcher.

Unfortunately even if he did Levein's stubborness would probably prevent him picking Fletcher.
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I'm not too sure about that. If Fletcher came out and apologised to the manager and the fans, I reckon Levein would accept that. Whether he'd fire him straight into the side is another matter. Personally I would call him up and bench him at first, there's no way he should walk back into the team. Not that he was ever a stick on before he walked out anyway.

What a shambles this has become.

Infact it started off shambolically in the first place.

Although its what happens when you don't select players from their country of birth

He also said, which everybody might not agree with, that when you wear the Scotland jersey you represent your country not the manager.
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I agree to an extent. You do occasionally come accross colleagues/managers that you simply can't work with. If it was that bad though I'm sure more players would be speaking out against Levein. With George Burley and Boyd you got the feeling the whole squad couldn't stand Burley and had no faith in him whatsoever. I'm not so sure that's the case with Levein.

Although after the first two games and some abysmal decisions to say his coat is on a shooglie peg is an understatement.