The Guardian - * Scotland manager complains at squad’s lack of training days
* Clarke’s side face Austria in World Cup qualifier on Tuesday
Steve Clarke has said the intense international schedule has put players’ fitness in jeopardy and reduced training time to “10 minutes’ shape work” before Scotland’s World Cup qualifier with Austria.
The Scotland manager has had to contend with Covid-related issues and injury problems throughout the international break and believes preparations have also been hampered by the Wednesday-Saturday-Tuesday schedule for the triple header. Rangers’ right-back Nathan Patterson, who impressed on his first home start against Moldova on Saturday, the Norwich midfielder Kenny McLean and Newcastle’s forward Ryan Fraser are the latest injury withdrawals and Clarke claims the workload was a contributory factor. Continue reading...
