Clarke's Scotland owe nation a performance - Nevin

It's not astir what's happened. It's astir what's now going to happen.

Glancing sombrely backmost connected Scotland's dense conclusion by Germany connected Friday night, it was ever a anticipation thing for illustration that could befall us.

My thought earlier it was, if we were astatine our very champion we mightiness person sewage a tie - we weren’t. The Germans were a batch much up for it, confident. Toni Kroos was superb, their 2 wide players were exceptional.

They saw wherever our weaknesses were and they went astatine them. It’s really bully method management.

It’s a reliable nighttime for nan players. And besides a reliable nighttime for nan caput coach, Steve Clarke.

Steve will beryllium sensible but superior astir what happened connected Friday night.

He evidently knows these things amended than I do, but I’d for illustration to person had wee Billy Gilmour successful there. These tournaments, it’s astir keeping nan ball, because if you springiness it away, you don’t get it backmost for 5 minutes, you extremity up chasing shadows.

When you play apical method teams, nan 1 point you must do is clasp nan ball. He’s our best.

Steve will spell done each facet of nan game. Although I don’t deliberation he’ll spell done each method correction and bad pass, that’s not nan problem.

We had a crippled scheme that really, really, really didn’t work. So, erstwhile that’s happening, you deliberation ‘right, let’s look astatine this’.

We ended up playing a 5-4-1 and it didn’t activity for us. You can’t let that to hap against nan Swiss- and I don’t deliberation Steve will. He’ll beryllium reasoning ‘how do I alteration it?’.

I mean, you get 1 sent off, but it was done earlier that. It was already looking for illustration four, 5 aliases six.

Ryan Porteous will beryllium disappointed because he fto himself down.

It was a horrifying tackle. Hopefully I’m adjacent minded capable that, erstwhile I saw nan replay, I wanted him sent off. I don’t want to spot a tackle for illustration that hap to anyone.

The first point he should do is apologise to Ilkay Gundogan. The reddish mist comes down and he does it retired of desperation, but you can’t do that. Your team-mates are knackered now aft chasing shadows.

It’s a large error, but did it make a immense difference? Probably not.

There’s nary constituent crying complete Friday’s result, it’s gone now. Players aren’t for illustration that, we’ve had it our full careers. If we sat and worried astir each defeat, you’d ne'er beryllium a footballer.

I’ve played successful immoderate bad ones. I retrieve a 5-1 conclusion by Portugal, who were a bully team, but moreover so. We ne'er thought anyone could hit america 5-1 because we were a bully team.

It’s not astir that game, it’s astir nan adjacent game. Do you buckle?

If we travel retired pinch a correct bully cognition against nan Swiss pinch positivity, we play nan measurement we’ve played successful a number of games successful nan past fewer years, we’ve sewage a bully chance.

The heroes of nan nighttime were nan Scotland fans.

There’s thing worse astatine nan extremity of a crippled if you’ve been horsed 5-1 - and it could person been much - and you person to enactment out. You conscionable can’t fto them down fixed nan measurement they’ve travel complete present and backed nan team.

They’ll beryllium needed successful Cologne. Everybody will request to springiness much back. You can’t disregard it.

Trust me, nan players consciousness that nan fans, and nan country, are now owed a performance.

Pat Nevin was speaking to BBC Sport Scotland’s Scott Mullen