From turgid to thrusting - mixed start for new Scotland

BBC Scotland's chief sports writer Published 29 minutes ago For 45 turgid minutes in Slovenia, some in the Tartan Army might have reimagined the Steve Clarke years as a time of plenty, the halcyon era of ambitious football when Scotland were an all-electric thrill-fest.

The opening half of the Sebastien Pocognoli regime was, as expected, disjointed.

It was also, rather unexpectedly, devoid of anything remotely related to what Pocognoli laid out as his non-negotiables - front-foot pressing, high intensity, speed of thought and mind, goal threat.