What the Scotland pundits said as McFadden left wondering over gameplan and Boyd insists Clarke the man for World Cup

Kris Boyd hopes Steve Clarke shrugs off the Euro 2024 disappointment to lead Scotland to the Nations League and the next World Cup campaign - as James McFadden was left wondering over the approach to the do or die Hungary clash.

Scotland were caught with a 100th minute sucker punch in Stuttgart as Kevin Csoboth netted for the Magyars as Clarke's men finished bottom of Group A and now heading home from Germany. For the third tournament in succession, Scotland have lost their opening game, drawn their second and lost their third to finish with a solitary point.

McFadden wondered if Scotland could have been more adventurous in a game where a win would have secured history as the first ever team to reach the knockout stage. Clarke is contracted with the SFA until the 2026 World Cup and Boyd, who played under the 60-year-old at Kilmarnock, hopes he stays. Here's what a selection of pundits had to say.

It was a sucker punch but Scotland had a go to try and win the game. Yes, two points might have been enough but the likelihood is that it wasn’t going to be. Scotland had to go and win the game and you leave yourself open to the counter attack. Hungary looked the most likely to score with the chances they created. Scotland just didn’t find that quality final ball or look as dangerous as they should have been. It was just a big night of disappointment. I wonder if they could have had a go a little bit earlier within a structure. I don’t mean just throw loads of attackers on and play players out of a position. I just mean have more of an attacking threat from earlier because it’s always dangerous to leave it to who gets the best chance the closest to the final whistle. It’s a big disappointment for the tournament but when you