Predicted Scotland XI for Northern Ireland with 3 changes as Euro 2024 clock ticks down
dailyrecord.co.ukSteve Clarke won’t throw the baby out with the bathwater after a Dutch drubbing as he looks to earn a first win in seven games when Northern Ireland visit Hampden for a friendly.The 4-0 scoreline didn’t tell the story of the performance of Clarke’s men in Amsterdam and there is an argument to go with the same XI again to give them the chance to redeem themselves and get back to winning ways.But Clarke is likely to give some others a chance, although he admitted he will limit changes.
He confessed there is nothing between all four of his goalkeepers – Angus Gunn, Craig Gordon, Zander Clark and Liam Kelly – but Norwich City man Gunn is seen as the No.
1. Clarke, though, will have to axe one from his Euro 2024 squad so could he give one of the other three a runout? If so, then Gordon would be the obvious choice after so long out of the international picture?John Souttar was given the last 20 minutes in the Johan Cruyff Arena and didn’t cover himself in glory but, with Ryan Porteous a certainty for Germany, Clarke might be tempted to give the Rangers man the opportunity from the start to get that out of his system.
And another potential change is Lewis Ferguson, with a Tartan Army clamour for the Serie A standout to be given a chance from the start, with Ryan Christie the man he would likely replace.
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