Oliver Burke

Another name to add to Gordon Strachan exiled list?

It would certainly appear that way as it stands as Red Bull's General manager has stated that Burke was not injured and is mystified at his exclusion from Scotland's match day squad against Slovakia.

Now, he may not have had the best of games against Lithuania and personally I wouldn't have subbed him either but to drop him from the full squad suggests something has happened after he has been substituted.

Burke himself sent a cryptic tweet as if to say "I'm saying nothing" when the full time whistle went on Tuesday night. This was later deleted by the winger but it certainly adds fuel to the fire that Burke may have already played his last game for Scotland under Gordon Strachan.

So how does the exile list read as it stands, below is a list of players who will not play again under Strachan:

Burke?
McCormack
Rhodes
Adam
Bardsley

Lets be honest, every one of those players should be walking right in to that Scotland team right now and there is only one man in the way of that. The guy we have just given the benefit of the doubt after a shambolic start to our World Cup qualifying campaign

We can't and shouldn't wait until the England game is over with but as it stands we will and the above mentioned will once again miss out for a chance to represent their county in a massive game despite being better players than the ones regularly called up.

Strachan out, and out now!!!

NNH