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Why are McBurnie and Stewart not in World Cup mix?

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2026/04/23 - 20:34 501 مشاهدة
Why are McBurnie and Stewart not in World Cup mix?Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Oli McBurnie and Ross Stewart are in scoring form for their clubsByTom EnglishBBC Scotland's chief sports writerPublished56 minutes agoIt's a problem as old as the hills. A conundrum for Scotland head coach Steve Clarke as the days count down to the World Cup.Back-to-back games without a goal now, a pair of blanks against Japan and Ivory Coast. Che Adams and Lyndon Dykes - the main men; willing, hard-working, great servants but hardly threatening.A successful qualifying campaign that featured other-worldly strikes from Scott McTominay, Kenny McLean and one from Kieran Tierney that was just about of this planet, but a campaign, also, during which Clarke's two favourite strikers recorded just seven shots on target across six games.Adams accounted for six of them with two goals in 446 minutes. Dykes had one attempt on target in half a dozen games - 171 minutes - and he put it away. Credit to him, sort of.Blame those around them for not providing, or blame the strikers for not being in the right places at the right times, or for wasting the morsels that came their way, but whatever way you dice it, this is one of the burning issues for Scotland. Can Clarke change his options front? Does he even want to? And, if he does, is he even looking in the right places?Get out the group - duo on Scots' World Cup hopesPublished1 day agoWho were Scotland's winners and losers from international break?Published1 AprilLatest Scotland news, views & analysisClarke has taken Scotland to two European Championships and they've scored three goals in six games in those tournaments, one of them an own goal against Germany and another from a Scott McTominay shot against Switzerland that found the net only after a huge deflection.Only one Scottish player has scored directly in any of those group games - Callum McGregor against Croatia in Clarke's first Euros.The conce...
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