Andy Robertson insists immediate Scotland reshuffle is 'pointless' as he opens up on World Cup heartbreak

Andy Robertson admits the Scotland squad joined the rest of the nation in a pit of despair for days after hitting a dead end on the road to Qatar.

It might have been the Jubilee weekend with street parties across the UK but the flags have been at half mast this side of the wall with the World Cup dream left in bits.

Robertson could have stuck to the Scotland campaign failure blueprint. We’ve seen enough over the past two decades to know the drill.

The bid gets nuked before players and managers say the same old stuff.

The poor fella wearing the armband is usually wheeled out to suggest the boys are disappointed but they’ll dust themselves down and go again, there’s hope for the future and this time next year we’ll be millionaires Rodney.

There’s been some of that but not from the skipper. Robertson doesn’t do empty platitudes. He does high expectations.

And when those are not met, there is no silver lining or crumbs of comfort to be had.

There are dark days of utter disappointment and the skipper insists it was OK to be down in the dumps for a few days.

Now comes the fightback.

Asked about moving on from last Wednesday’s Ukraine heartache, Robertson said: “Not on the night, that’s for sure.

“Let us be disappointed, let us be together and dwell on it – that’s absolutely fine.

“At least there has been time until the next game, which is sore. We wanted it to be a quick turnaround for the Wales game.

“But it wasn’t to be and now we have had this long wait for the Armenia game.

“I’ve no problem with the lads feeling hurt, feeling disappointed. After a couple of days, we are ready to go again.”

Unlike previous campaigns, when the nation has been promised jam tomorrow, this time there does seem more genuine cause to