Let's not try to put a downer on it.
But here’s the thing about the wonderful mayhem that was let loose inside Hampen last night as Scott McTominay fired a second double inside four days to floor the mighty Spain. All of sudden Steve Clarke and Scotland are not our little secret any longer. Now all of Europe knows what the national boss has been up to all this time.
Up until last night, Clarke had been quietly going about all his good work but pretty much behind closed doors, such has been the lack of interest away from his own back yard. But this? This changes everything. This was the night that Clarke’s team sent out a message of the manager’s intent, like a shockwave thundering across the continent from the centre of football’s universe.
