Mon the Scotland

We are being written off as usual by many on here

In terms of qualification, this game is meaningless as we are out already.

But in terms of pride, confidence and buidling for the future, this is a chance to test ourselves against one of Europe's best in a competitive environment with no pressure on our shoulders...the players can enjoy this game to an extent.

We were vastly outplayed in Belgium, and this is a great side we are up againdt tonight.

But we were vastly outplayed by Spain in Alicante 2 years ago also, and gave Spain a real good test at Hampden, losing 3-2 in the end due to a late header, but that performance was a huge confidence booster, so I'm optimistic.

If we have a strong weakness, its most definately our defending at set pieces and dealing with balls into the box, this must improve dramatically for us to have a chance tonight. But we have a team made up of mostly Preimer League and Championship regulars these days, many will know and will have already pitted themselves against a good few in our opposition tonight.

We have recently went to Zagreb and beaten the nation sitting 8th in the FIFA rankings on their own patch.
Belgium are 10th in those rankings, and they are coming to Hampden.

We gave a good account of ourselves against England, but those set pieces let us down.

Despite the usual writing of us off and flurry of betting on us being gubbed, we dont really lose that many home qualifiers either.

In the last 10 years (2003 - present) we've played something like 28 Euro and World Cup qualifiers at home, and lost 6 of them, Holland, Italy, Spain, Norway, Belarus and most recently Wales being the teams that have managed to take all 3 points at Hampden.

Here's hoping the least we get tonight is a good performance
A draw would be a good result.

But we can beat this lot, just need a bit of confidence and belief!!

C'mon Scotland