Euro 2024: ‘Time for Scotland rebuild? Or can this team reach World Cup?’

Against the Hungarians, I was really surprised at the way we controlled the first 35 minutes.

It was utter domination of the ball, but in the midfield, not beyond.

That was the problem and, to be honest, it’s been the problem for a while.

The two guys who have got us out of trouble time and time again are Scott McTominay and John McGinn – and they got very little against Hungary.

They were marked well, but we weren’t going past people or holding it up and flicking it on.

If you look at most other teams, they have eights, 10s or someone out wide who are looking up, seeing passes.

We’ve got to the point where we’ve got to this level now to qualify. But we can’t say it’s a disgrace, that we were let down.

We weren’t. We got as far as we deserved to get with the quality we’ve got.

The biggest shout will be Lawrence Shankland looked good for the time when he came on, but did you see the game?

It was wide open for that period and that’s why you bring him on.

You can’t fault the work rate or effort. Tactics you could tweak a little bit here and there.

We failed to do what we came here to do. Then you start asking why and, for me, this is the reason.

When you come against the great teams you need that quality and vision. That’s where it falls down.

Pat Nevin was speaking to BBC Sport Scotland’s Scott Mullen