Scotland: Lyndon Dykes says it is ‘a matter of time’ before fortunes change

Lyndon Dykes believes the “massive characters” in the Scotland dressing room will help change their recent fortunes.

Steve Clarke’s side have won just one of their last 15 games, and were denied a late equaliser against Croatia on Saturday by VAR.

They sit bottom of their Nations League group with no points from three games, but Dykes insists wins are just around the corner as they prepare to take on group-leaders Portugal on Tuesday.

“We believe so much,” the striker said. “We’ve had such a good run for a long time but it was never just going to be easy for us.

“But this is when it shows the characters of the boys, in each person that we have in this squad.

“A lot of new faces, but like I said, this is the time when it shows what characters we have in the team and we’ve got massive characters in there, so I’m sure it will turn around. I believe in and trust all my team-mates, coaching staff, everyone.

“I think it’s only a matter of time before we can turn it around. And luckily enough, we’ve got a game coming up on Tuesday, which obviously isn’t going to be easy again. But we’ve done it before and we can do it again.”

Dykes admitted it has been “tough” to deal with such a run of results, but says the tight-knit nature of the squad will see them through.

“Football is tough when you’re on a long run and you’re not winning games,” he added. “Especially after the results that we did have, winning and changing the way that the Scotland national team had been for years.

“It isn’t going well but we’ve still got the same players, the same characters, plus new ones that have been and done it before against big teams. It’s just one of those things at the moment, that it’s tough, but we’re going to get through it.

“We have to just make sure we’re all together as we are, because we’re a massive family.”