That’s all from Hampden, then, after one of Scotland’s best performances for years. Ewan Murray was there to witness it, and here’s his report. Thanks for reading this MBM. Nighty night.
Scotland coach Steve Clarke speaks to Premier Sports. “I’m pleased for the players. They suffered in the summer more than anybody. We did a lot of work in the very short amount of preparation time we had. Most of it boring, in the lecture room, walking through things on the pitch. We gave them a lot of information and obviously they took it on board. The scoreline looks good, but we still have a lot of work to do as a group. It’s nice that we’ve responded in this manner but we have a tough game on Saturday so we’ll have to be ready to go again. If you beat a team of Ukraine’s quality and it ends up comfortable, you have to take some confidence from it. We know Ireland are a good team, with a full week’s preparation. We’ll be ready for Saturday.”
Clarke doesn’t have any further news on Nathan Patterson, who “felt something in his leg”. He also reports that David Turnbull has a knock on his ankle that isn’t going to clear up in time for Scotland, so will be leaving the squad to recover with Celtic.
