Alan Rough defended over Zico free kick in Bobby Clark debate
Peter Martin backs Alan Rough over Zico's 1982 World Cup free kick, while the panel weigh Scotland's pursuit of Archie Gray and Hayden Hackney.
By Peter Martin,
On The Football Show, Peter Martin defended Alan Rough over the free kick Zico scored against Scotland at the 1982 World Cup. A viewer had argued that Bobby Clark should have been Scotland's number one.
The verdict on the Brazil goal was simple: "No keeper in the world is saving it."
Clark or Rough
Rough was on the panel alongside Martin, Gordon Parks and Tam McManus, and he spoke about Zico's free kick. The discussion then went back to Argentina 1978, where Cubillas and the wall came under scrutiny. Rough's hands came up as well, described as a Norwegian thing, along with the Iranian goal.
Bobby Clark's own advice was also recalled: "If you're not going to get it, don't die for it."
Archie Gray and the Scotland question
Earlier in the show, Parks and McManus debated whether Sebastien Pocognoli can talk Tottenham's Archie Gray into playing for Scotland. Harvey Barnes shut the door quickly, and Gray and Hayden Hackney are next on the list.
The panel split on the commercial value of holding out for an England cap. One side of the argument was that "He could come and get 100 caps for Scotland". The other answer was "Harvey Barnes is playing for Scotland tonight."
The discussion matters because Scotland are trying to widen the pool of players available to them, and Gray and Hackney are the latest names in that search.
Robertson the stalwart
The panel also marked Andy Robertson's 102 caps in 12 years. "Andy Robertson's been an absolute stalwart."
They compared Robertson to Darren Fletcher and talked about him as a Darren Fletcher-style ambassador for the national side.