Smiling Steve Clarke had to remind the press room who really is the Scotland boss - after one reporter accidentally introduced HIMSELF as 'Steve Clarke.'
03.06.2024 - 21:47 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Steve Clarke is considering sending out a striker SOS for young gun Tommy Conway.
The hitman was on target for the Scotland Under-21s in Turkey last night while the senior side struggled to break down Gibraltar. Clarke’s men eventually saw off the minnows 2-0 but it took an hour before Ryan Christie made the breakthrough and Che Adams smashed in a second late on. The national boss is still weighing up his attacking options after the brutal body blow of losing Lyndon Dykes for the Euros.
Clarke is yet to make his call but he admitted Conway has shot to the top of his list after finding the net for Scot Gemmill’s kids. He said: “It was nice that Tommy scored. He is a good boy, Tommy, and he is certainly in my mind. Can we replace Lyndon like for like? No. Would it have been a better performance with Lyndon in the team?
“Probably no, because they dealt very, very well with high balls into the box. They defended the box really well. We just need to find a little bit more craft from certain players on the pitch to unpick that type of defence.”
Clarke admitted his side will need to be more clinical in Germany after wasting a glut of chances against Gibraltar. But the manager was happy with the victory after going seven games without a win in the midst of Euro qualification. Clarke – who opted to sit in the stands in the Algarve – said: “Yes, we won. It has been a long time. Nice to win, nice to get a clean sheet obviously. I don’t think Zander Clark had too many touches of the ball, maybe a dozen at most.
“We came here as a training exercise and created a lot of chances. What I would say and I said this to the lads at half-time, if we want to keep improving as a team, when you create that number of chances in the first half – and
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