Che Adams hears Scotland fan fury loud and clear but insists players CAN'T beat themselves up for 2 months

Che Adams knows Scotland’s Euro 2024-bound squad have already proved themselves and are too good to simply beat themselves up for the next two months.

Steve Clarke’s side can’t buy a win just now and the friendly defeats to Netherlands and Northern Ireland extended that frustrating run to seven games without victory. The Tartan Army booed their Germany-bound players after the Irish defeat. Adams is confident the tide will turn and expects that to be the case before Scotland head to the finals this summer.

They have two more friendlies to put it right against Gibraltar and at home to Finland in June. Adams, when asked about the fans’ reaction, answered: “It’s understandable. We went into the game looking to win and unfortunately that wasn’t the case.

“The worst thing, though, would be to beat yourselves up about it and think you’re a bad team. We’re clearly not. We’ll just have to put things right come June.

“I think we’ll be ready for that come the Euros in June. Those games will be so different. Different atmosphere and a different feeling around the place. We’re all looking forward to that and hopefully the fans are as well.”

Adams knows results need to improve but manager Clarke and the Scottish Football Association have gone all in to challenge this group. There have been big friendlies against England, France and Netherlands along with some tricky away Euro qualifiers in Spain and Georgia. It comes as they get ready for the real action where they face Germany, Switzerland and Hungary in their Euro qualifying group.

The Southampton forward stated: “The teams we’ve come up against have not been easy to play against. That’s testimony to the squad and how far we’ve come that we’re challenging ourselves. To get better as