
OVER his own 51 caps for Scotland, Steven Naismith suffered his fair share of disappointments, and often saw his manager pay the price. As qualification campaigns came and went without the Scots making it to a major tournament, the coaches would come and go too.
Steve Clarke was eventually the man to stop that rot, making it to the European Championships last summer, but he has now come under fire from some quarters following Scotland’s desperately disappointing World Cup play-off defeat to Ukraine last week.