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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Graeme McGarry

Bold SFA appointment raises hopes Scotland can at last be 'flamboyant and exciting'

Sebastien Pocognoli is an exciting appointment as Scotland manager, and Graeme McGarry believes there are players coming through who can help him take the national side forward. (Image: Stuart Wallace / Shutterstock)

O wad some Power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as ithers see us. The Bard may not have envisioned that his observations would one day prove pertinent in the discussion around the new Scotland manager, but this one is certainly apt, nonetheless.

The arrival of Sebastien Pocognoli as the new Scotland head coach, just the second foreign manager to take on the role, may well be the catalyst to break us out of some of the self-made shackles that have long held back the national team.

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