Clarke had warned last month the lack of goalkeepers available It was “probably a supervision” From the Scottish Fa, but he knew little that his words would become so immediately prophetic.
Already unable to call Craig Gordon, Zander Clark and Liam Kelly, he was unmasked from Robby McCrorie when Kilmanock’s man pulled a thigh muscle on Friday, before remembered former first choice Angus Gunn, twisted the six-minute ankle in the Hampden game.
It is fair to say that CIERAN SLICKER did not expect to make its international premiere-specially because the 22-year-old played only 10 minutes to the city of Ipswich last season and is still making his club debut for the club.
His loose clearance almost immediately handed over to Iceland the opening and, although not the only culprit in Lewis Ferguson’s goal, he was culprit by the third as a bad night for Scotland became a personal nightmare.
Clarke admitted that facing the depth of goalkeeper’s talent is “more in the long run,” but he desperately needs short -term correction and is trying to write in “another goalkeeper in Scotland that is not on vacation”, with Ross Doohan, who left Aberdeen last week, would have Frenner.
The coach said Slicker was launched in a center of attention “he was not ready for” and the former Member -Scotland Michael Stewart says Clarke faces “a great connection”, if Gunn and McCrorie do not recover in time.
“You keep yourself with him and hope he can make a performance that gives you some belief and seems that he is capable, or do you do damage and recognize that CIERAN SLICKER is not playing for Scotland in the future?” He said at BBC SportSound.
“I feel for slippery. It’s a horrible situation, but that’s the cruelty of football at this top level, and it was exposed there bad.”
Perhaps it does not matter who is on the goal, considering that Liechtenstein had no touch within the Wales Country penalty box – no matter an attempt to goal – in the 3-0 defeat in the Nations League in Cardiff.
In fact, the host hosts won only one of their last 48 games – 1-0 in a friendly against Hong Kong in October – and once scored in five losses since a goalless draw with Gibraltar.
