3 hours ago "Over the 3 games you're decidedly looking astatine below-par performances," said Willie Miller, who played astatine the 1982 and 1986 World Cups for Scotland.
"I support looking backmost connected the Denmark crippled [November's 4-2 triumph to seal qualification] with those outstanding goals, but they didn't get anyplace adjacent those levels."
The erstwhile defender described the deficiency of a top-class striker arsenic "a large issue" and said helium was "uncertain astir the logic of a fewer selections".
However, helium did backmost Clarke by adding: "He got america determination and that's what the Scotland manager's occupation is.
"He has introduced a existent togetherness successful the squad arsenic well, which wasn't ever the case."
With 81 matches nether his belt, Clarke is Scotland's longest-serving manager.
Support from the Scottish FA has been emphatic, with their coffers importantly enhanced by information astatine 3 of the past 4 large finals.
Euro 2028 volition beryllium staged successful Scotland, England, Wales, and the Republic of Ireland and it volition beryllium difficult for the co-hosts not to qualify.
"I'm definite helium tin spell again implicit the adjacent fewer years if helium wants to," Miller added of Clarke.
"The caller declaration was a affirmative step. I deliberation it was the close happening to do."
Scotland conceded soft, aboriginal goals successful defeats by Morocco and Brazil, with erstwhile striker James McFadden saying: "The defending was surely beneath the modular we're utilized to and the errors were costly.
"I conscionable consciousness the players could person shown more. We could person done amended against Morocco successful presumption of having a go.
"But a batch of radical deliberation we should person had 2 penalties and a reddish paper successful that game, which is thing to bash with the manager and players.
"Against Brazil, we gave them 2 gifts."
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