The knives are out for Steve Clarke but the SFA can't make crazy Gordon Strachan mistake again - Keith Jackson

Dangerous times these for Steve Clarke.

Make no mistake, the knives have been out for Scotland’s manager over the last few days, ever since the final whistle on Wednesday night shut down his pathway into the World Cup Finals in Qatar.

Despite the fact that no other manager has been able to do it for decades, Clarke now stands accused of failing to deliver on his remit which makes him more vulnerable now than at any time over these last three years.

And at moments as delicate as this, often sound logic and solid reasoning can be lost among the stampede for change.

In fact, as ridiculous as it may seem after laying down irrefutable progress, Clarke will have his work cut out just keeping the mob at a safe distance now that they want someone else to step forward and take his place. Anyone else for that matter.

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Just ask Gordon Strachan who had to pull the blade out from between his own shoulders five years ago after the SFA’s error prone chief executive Stewart Regan plunged it there following a near miss at qualification for Russia 2018.

The truth of the matter is, having personally led a steering group which gave the go ahead for a £33m sporting centre of excellence to be built on the outskirts of