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‘A bid for 2028 should be viewed as a chance to retire the National Stadium in style and rotate our prestige fixtures around others’

believe we’re making progress, so much so he believes Steve Clarke deserves the same backing the Irish gave Stephen Kenny. It seemed lost on him as he sat in the posh seats in Dublin that Ireland had just mauled Scotland 3-0. It could have been seven.

“There’s an unprintable definition for the acronym SFA and it’s exactly what they do for our game.”

Gary Stevenson, Newtonhill, said: “Had to laugh at Harry Kewell’s story in Record Sport that when Ange Postecoglou phoned to offer him a job at Celtic he was attending another interview at the time. The question is, did he get offered the job in McDonald’s?”

Stephen Johnstone, Ardentinny, said: “Celtic are splashing the cash, for what?

“Just to get knocked out of the Champions League and parachuted into the Euro safety net competitions, leaving them with a hefty wage bill for players signed on long-term contracts?”

Michael Edmonds, Northampton, took issue with a caller from last week.

He said: “George Wilson says Celtic supporters have to go back 55 years to when we won the now ‘defunct’ European Cup. That’s laughable, especially when he claims 55 title wins for his team when 53-and-a-half of those titles were won by a club that’s been defunct since 2012.”

Tommy Turner emailed: “Oh the irony from George to assume Europe’s top club football competition is ‘defunct’ because it has changed its name while ignoring the ‘liquidation’ of his own favourites in 2012. Love it.”

Kevin Lord, Drylaw, emailed: “I hope Hibs’ signing of Aiden McGeady isn’t just to keep Paul Hanlon company in the treatment room or Ryan Porteous company in the stand.

“What a waste of resources.”