The big Scotland inquest after nightmare Euro 2024 start as the Monday Jury answer 4 key questions

Keith Jackson: Right down there next to rock bottom. And made even more brutal by the fact that there was so much about this team to believe in before a ball was kicked in the opening game. Now we are back to where we always seem to be, keeping our fingers crossed for a miraculous recovery while fearing there may be even more pain to come.

Scott McDermott: In my lifetime, it has to be the worst. Losing 3-0 to Morocco at the 1998 World Cup was bad but Friday night’s beating was on a different level. With so much at stake and expectations high, we were let down badly. We should have known better.

Andy Newport: We’ve had some shockers down the decades. Slapped for seven by Uruguay, left red faced by to Peru, Costa Rica and Morocco but this just feels every worse because as good as Germany are, they’re not THAT good.

Scott Burns: It is right up there. The likes of Costa Rica in the World Cup was worse but the manner of this defeat was damning. Yes, Germany are a top team but the Scotland performance was simply awful.

Keith Jackson: The manager will say one man couldn’t have stopped the German onslaught and he’s probably got a point. But, the fact remains, when his team needed a bit of calm and composure and someone to take the heat out of the ambush their best bet was sitting on Clarke’s bench.

Scott McDermott: We’d still have lost the game but it was a mistake by the manager and he’d probably admit it himself now. Gilmour would have calmed us down in possession, taken the ball in tight spaces and given us some time to breathe. We missed his composure.

Andy Newport: Probably not if we’d have stuck with the game plan of continually bypassing midfield to go long. But you saw when we had the wee man in the team against