Scotland women’s team have gone backwards and Pedro Losa can't hide from our damning place among the minnows

The expectancy is SWNT manager Pedro Martinez Losa will be allowed a shot of redemption following a woefully inept showing at the Nations League.

The Spaniard was given a four-year contract in September by the SFA – despite failing to take the national team to last summer’s Women’s World Cup. Hammered by England in a humiliating defeat at Hampden on Tuesday night questions were inevitably asked about his long-term future.

He seemed perplexed his role should be in any doubt given the calibre of opponents Scotland faced in Group A1. Both he and Rachel Corsie were keen to stress that with the European Championship qualification campaign on the horizon, Scotland have time to learn the lessons of what has been a sobering campaign. They have scored just three goals and taken just two points across the six games. And while Martinez Losa could rightly point to some mitigating circumstances – he was without Caroline Weir and Emma Watson for chunks of the campaign while Erin Cuthbert and Sam Kerr also missed early games – there is no question he should be getting more out of a group of players who are performing in decent leagues around Europe now.

Martha Thomas, Cuthbert and Kirsty Hanson are all doing well at club level in England against the same players they were up against on Tuesday night while Kerr, after injury issues, is adjusting to life in the Germany with Bayern Munich. “There is a new opportunity with every new campaign” maintained skipper Rachel Corsie in the immediate aftermath of the shocking performance against England.

Martinez Losa also reiterated his belief Scotland are a work in progress and that they are learning the lessons along the way from the last three months. The problem is that it looks like none of