Every Andy Robertson word from epic Scotland rant as 'dropped standards' called out in furious Euro 2024 reality check
Raging captain Andy Robertson called out his Scotland teammates over a drop in standards following the 4-0 battering at the hands of The Netherlands.
With Euro 2024 just around the corner, Steve Clarke's side collapsed in Amsterdam despite matching the Dutch for long periods of the friendly showdown at the Johan Cruyff Arena. A Tijjani Reijnders wonder striker was the difference between the sides when Lawrence Shankland fluffed his lines while one on one with the goalkeeper and his effort crashed off the bar.
The home side raced up the other end of the pitch with Georginio Wijnaldum nodding the ball into the net following a sweeping counter attack - Wout Weghorst and Donyell Malen climbing off the bench to rack up the goals for the Dutch. The results leaves Scotland without a win have since beating Cyprus 3-0 in September. Three successive defeats against England, Spain and France led into draws against Georgia and Norway to round out the qualifying group.
And skipper Robertson didn't hold back on the squad during his post match debrief as he struggled to grasp how Scotland had capitulated. He warned that this level of performance wouldn't be enough against Germany - with the Liverpool star set to lead out his country in the opening game of the tournament this summer.
Asked how he was feeling following the game, he told Viaplay: "Anger, disappointment. You can't come away to these big teams and play the way we did. We can take a lot of heart from 60-70 minutes but the fact that we can away from that game 4-0 is is unbelievable.
"It's impossible for that to happens. We need to have a look at it. We can't keep going into our old ways against the big teams.
"The last couple of games we have shipped quite a lot of