Robertson lets rip after rout

ANDY ROBERTSON admitted Scotland deserved to be booed off by the Tartan Army following their dismal 3-0 Nations League defeat by the Republic of Ireland at the Aviva Stadium.

The home side dominated from the start and goals from Alan Browne and Troy Parrott gave them a deserved interval lead before Michael Obafemi, making his first international start, thundered in a third early in the second half.

Skipper Robertson conceded the performance was ‘nowhere near good enough’ and said the Scotland fans were right to vent their frustration. He told Premier Sports:

‘To the fans behind the goal booing us off, completely correct.

‘We know they travel a long way, we know they pay a lot of money and that performance is nowhere near good enough in a Scotland jersey.

‘We will need to assess as a team, we will need to assess individually and we have to hit the reset button because everything was good last year, but this year the performances haven’t quite been up to scratch as of yet.

‘We had to weather the storm, but we didn’t do it. We gave them easy corners, [let them] win big tackles which got the crowd up and that set the tone for the game and we didn’t get into it until we were 3-0 down.’

Robertson believes Steve Clarke’s side need to get back to the level of consistency they showed in their eight unbeaten games before the Ukraine defeat.

He added: ‘We need to get back to being consistent, which we were really good at last year.

‘Today, I don’t think anyone played above par which, when you come to places like this, is nowhere near good enough.

‘Some words were said in the dressing room and rightly so. But the manager, coaches and all the players, we are all together, but some things have to be said and we have to reset and go on a good run.

‘It can’t be one good performance then one bad performance, that’s not what we have built under this manager and that’s what we need to get back to, doing the basics correctly.’