A 5-1 defeat to Germany has brought the Scotland critics out after a tough Euro 2024 opener.
Steve Clarke’s side were down 3-0 at half-time and conceded another two in the second half, with Antonio Rudiger’s own goal a mere consolation. The job was made tougher with Ryan Porteous’ sending off for a lunge on Ilkay Gundogan in the first 45 minutes.
Defender Jack Hendry told BBC Scotland: "Obviously it's an extremely disappointing result and probably the manner that it came about. Now we've got to focus on the games coming up. Anything is possible, you can't get too downbeat. Germany are a very good team. We have got to dust ourselves down and move forward.
"We'll analyse what went wrong when we get back to base camp and try and make sure that doesn't happen in the next two games. I don't think we can be too critical on ourselves given that we've got two games remaining.
"As footballers you always analyse games so for us now it's extremely important we get to the bottom of how that result came about. We'll learn from it and hopefully give a better account of ourselves in the next game. Games come quickly, this one will be swept under the carpet quite quickly.
"When you go down to 10 men against a top team like Germany it's never going to be great. We have come this far because we're a strong nation. We stick together and we can't let a result like this get us down."
A Liverpool star has been criticised, the performance lamented and the red card challenge spared no punches. Here are what 12 pundits said about the game vs Germany.
5. Pat Nevin (BBC)
"It has been a canter, an absolute canter for Germany. They haven't broken sweat from minute one. There wasn't much tension in the game. The tension was 'how many would Germany score?' and whether Scotland could survive without being embarrassed. It's how they react to this result." | Getty Images Photo: Getty
6. Steven Thompson (Sportsound)
"They need to get this result out their heads as quickly as possible. It's hard to swallow tonight but the next game becomes absolutely huge now. I just wonder how mentally destructive this game has been on the Scotland players." | SNS Group
7. Roy Keane (ITV)
"Andy Robertson spoke at the end of the game saying they had a gameplan. It's well and good having a plan. He said they weren't aggressive enough You have to be aggressive in a game of football. When you're up against opposition who are much stronger than you... being aggressive is part of football. I love watching skilful players. I absolutely love it and the talent we saw with the Germany players - because they were given time - is great to watch but my goodness when you're playing football at this level you've got to hit people, hit them properly, hit them aggressively, do it in the right way. You step off against them like Scotland did tonight... it's no good talking after the game saying 'we had a gameplan'. It's all just rubbish coming out." Photo: Catherine Ivill
8. James McFadden (5Live)
"I had high hopes of Scotland being competitive but it was just such a disappointing performance. You never want to see your team lose but to lose in that manner... It could have been a lot worse." | Getty Images