Sad state of affairs that Scotland has slipped so far down the rankings. Clyde SSB were saying last night that between end of season and start of the qualifiers, which each of the Europa teams from Scotland will have to play is only 32 days? That's not much time off at all. It's imperative that the teams in Europe beat the diddy clubs from other countries but some of them play summer football and will be mid-season at that stage. Chicken and egg situation.

And the only difference between 2nd and 3rd is now the cost of a sub-keeper