Snod admits it’s same old story for Scots
ROBERT SNODGRASS left Wembley dispirited and disappointed like the Tartan Army.
But the Hull City attacker is desperate to make Scotland fans proud of their national team again.
The former Norwich City livewire rushed back from injury to face England and gave everything he had in Friday’s 3-0 defeat.
Yet, while admitting it was hard to take positives from the game, last night Snodgrass was adamant struggling Scotland would find a way out of their current slump.
He said: “It’s so frustrating. It’s difficult to stay optimistic and keep the spirits up.
“It’s hard when lads go away with Scotland, away from their families and their kids.
“We do it because we want to get good results, we want to do well for the nation.
“We’re wearing our hearts on our sleeves out there and I’m so glad to be part of it.
“But it’s not nice when you’re beaten. Every defeat hurts you.
“You want to take things forward as a nation, but I appreciate people will say it’s the same old story with Scotland.
“That’s why it’s hard to be positive. But no one can say we didn’t match England in certain parts of Friday’s game.
“They were all over the place at times in the first half. But when it comes to finishing, their lads are at an elite level.
“We’ll keep going. That’s the kind of country we are, we’re ready for the fight.
“Everyone who watched us at Wembley will know we got in their faces and had a real go.
“We can look ourselves in the mirror and know we did that.
“That wasn’t the case in the games against Lithuania and Slovakia.
“We didn’t show what type of nation we are in those matches.
“We should always be a hard team to play against but it wasn’t like that.”
The 29-year-old returns to his club with no regrets about his performance.
He failed to convert a decent chance with the score still at 1-0, then could have been teed up by Leigh Griffiths had the striker not taken on a chance himself.
He said: “I won’t replay the first one in my mind. I was in the right area to get the opportunity.
“I think it just arrived a bit behind me and I couldn’t get full contact.
“To concede a second goal so soon after was hard to take.
“James Forrest missed a good chance then Leigh could have played me in.
“But, listen, he’s in the team to score goals. He’s going to believe he can shoot and score.
“I made the run and it’s up to him to find me. Maybe on another day he plays me in and we get the goal.
“But I can’t point the finger at Leigh, his goal record is unbelievable.”