Ryan Porteous admits that the buoyant Scotland support in recent times has been one of the main factors for their unexpected rise - though he is adamant that Steve Clarke's side can improve.
Porteous was given the task of marking Erling Haaland on Saturday evening as Norway aimed to capitalise on their own poor start to the Euro 2024 qualifiers - and whilst he gave away a penalty for the Premier League star to tuck home, he dealt relatively well with the demands a Scotland ran out 2-1 winners.
It has been a solid twelve months for Porteous; the tough decision to leave Hibs for Watford came in January, and since making his Tartan Army debut in October, the Edinburgh-born star has taken like a duck to water to the Championship with a string of stellar displays. And he has admitted that whilst he needed to leave Hibs to test himself more, there are way more avenues for him to explore by facing the likes of the Norwegian goal-machine.
