Scotland Munich massacre rooted in Celtic Euro failure as Hotline fears Swiss rollover to compound misery

'No Scotland, No Party’ belted out the Tartan Army. Unfortunately there were no shots on target either as Steve Clarke’s side were battered in Bavaria.

The carnival atmosphere generated by the kilt-clad fans didn’t last long as Germany ran amok in the Euros opener. And the Negative Normans who rang in for today’s Hotline are holding out much hope that we can get the Euro 2024 ball rolling against the Swiss either. Neil Renton, Leith, was first in as the post-mortem got underway, saying: “Scotland should be embarrassed by their performance against Germany.

“There’s no denying they were up against quality and maybe we all got carried away but we expected more from Steve Clarke’s players. Like a shot would have been good! You can see us getting a bye into every major tournament from now on. Host countries love how many fans we bring while teams competing love taking points off us.”

Seething Scott McAdam, Partick, ranted: “That was the worst performance from any Scotland team at a major tournament. They said they’d create history. Well they did because no-one has had a spanking like that in an opening game.

“Clarke’s so-called plan was up in smoke after five minutes. If we don’t get a positive result against the Swiss it will be p45 time for Stevie.”

Scott Kerr, Glasgow, said: “You can see why we’re all feeling like Negative Normans. That performance was atrocious. No creativity, spark or ideas.” John Scott, Grassmoor, added: “Back in 1978 I watched Scotland march off to Argentina with pride and expectation.

“The debacle that followed left us all in a state of anger and frustration because the win against eventual finalists Netherlands clearly showed what that team was capable of. If today’s team doesn't take at least a