Even in Paris I was injured... I would never turn down Scotland for club

Army down after Griffiths’ decision to withdraw from squad

I wanted to score was against Italy but I missed the chance.

“If that goes in, you’re talking about the goal that takes you to qualification for a tournament when you’ve not been for years. There is always more.

“These moments might mean a lot but make it mean something to everybody, by helping us qualify – to actually achieve something for Scotland.”

Maybe Faddy could take a youth pill, get some new knees and thrill us one last time. If there was a one per cent chance, he would go for it. Anyway, there is a game on Thursday.

Scotland go to Israel and should they win then, and of course the Nations League is an overly complicated affair, the national team will have a great chance of making the European Championships of 2020.

McFadden said: “It’s a great chance to qualify but the most important thing is to win the games, top the group and get a play-off spot.

“But that doesn’t mean that when the qualifiers come around we just focus on the play-off spot. We still have to go into the qualifiers to win the games required and that way we don’t need the play-off. Hopefully we can qualify straight away.

“It’s a great way for us to build a team and a style of play and be competitive. We won’t say job done, relax and look only to the play-offs.

“They have got good players and it will be tough. We concentrate on what we do. We have players who can cause them problems. We are a good team.”

And the way McFadden