Scotland fans ‘completely correct’ to boo, admits Andy Robertson

Andy Robertson admitted Scotland deserved to be booed off by the Tartan Army following their dismal 3-0 defeat by the Republic of Ireland at the Aviva Stadium.

After losing their World Cup play-off semi-final to Ukraine at Hampden Park, the Scots began their Nations League campaign with a 2-0 home win over Armenia.

The result and performance gave Steve Clarke’s men confidence for the trip to Dublin to play an Irish side who had lost their opening two League B Group One games and indeed were looking for their first ever Nations League win.

But the home side dominated from the start and goals from Alan Browne and Troy Parrott gave them a deserved interval lead before Michael Obafemi, making his first international start, thundered in a third early in the second half.

Skipper Robertson conceded the performance was “nowhere good enough” and said the Scotland fans were right to vent their frustration.

He told Premier Sports: “To the fans behind the goal booing us off, completely correct.

“We know they travel a long way, we know they pay a lot of money and that performance is nowhere near good enough in a Scotland jersey.

The overall performance was nowhere good enough and not good enough for a Scotland jersey- Andy Robertson

“We will need to assess as a team, we will need to assess individually and we have to hit the reset button because everything was good last year, but this year the performances haven’t quite been up to scratch as of yet.

“We knew they were under pressure, two defeats in the first two and they were probably getting questioned.

“We had to weather the storm, but we didn’t do it.

“We gave them easy corners, win big tackles which got the crowd up and that set the tone for the game and unfortunately we didn’t