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The Journos · 30 September 2026
"He's got no excuses now." After Scotland's 3-0 defeat to Switzerland, Hugh MacDonald and Gordon Parks tell Peter Martin that Sebastien Pocognoli needs a minimum of six points from North Macedonia away and Slovenia at home.
Scotland: Jack Hendry's early red card and the space behind a high press, Rodriguez's free kick, Angus Gunn's apology and whether Scott Bain should start. Then the team: Ben Gannon-Doak, Billy Gilmour, Scott McTominay and why Lewis Ferguson is "not a 20 million pound player", Oli McBurnie's "18 games and zero goals" against "well done, son, you grafted", Josh McPake's comeback, and the back three. Plus the striker crisis, and the stat that says it all: "There wasn't an SPFL player in the postcode last night."
Man City guilty on 114 of 115 charges: Henry Winter and "sporting integrity", Sam Allardyce, Don Revie and brown envelopes, relegation or three seasons at minus 30, why 500 million pounds is "loose change", stripping titles and compensation claims, and the Rangers side-letters parallel.
Plus the SPFL Tennent's Sixes at Braehead Arena (Sat 3 and Sun 4 October) with Kris Boyd, Ally McCoist and James McFadden, and who finishes top scorer in the Premiership: Camilo Duran, Kasper or Kevin Nisbet?
Six points a minimum? Who's your Premiership top scorer? Tell us below.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Welcome to The Journos
1:21 Scotland 0-3 Switzerland: did we learn anything about Pocognoli's plan?
2:15 Hendry's red card: a high press and "that much grass behind you"
2:51 Rodriguez's free kick and a Swiss masterclass
3:50 Irrational decisions: the Darren Fletcher comparison
4:51 Angus Gunn's apology, and should Scott Bain start?
8:21 "No excuses now": a minimum of six points
9:13 Front-foot football: does Pocognoli have the players?
10:43 Ben Gannon-Doak and the midfield linchpin
11:43 Lewis Ferguson: "not a 20 million pound player"
12:43 The team for North Macedonia: wing-backs and Robertson's 100th cap
14:43 Oli McBurnie: "he worked his butt off"
16:43 "18 games and zero goals": the McBurnie cult-figure debate
17:45 Last night's bench, Robbie Ure and James Wilson
18:43 Surprise changes, and the Patterson question
21:13 Tierney, Binks, Welsh or McKenna at the back?
23:10 Josh McPake: from wonderkid to Hearts
24:43 Billy Gilmour: "don't think about a pass, have one"
26:35 McTominay in, Ferguson out? "It's not blasphemous"
29:43 Have we picked our strongest XI?
30:43 Where are Scotland's strikers?
31:43 "Not an SPFL player in the postcode"
34:13 "Well done, son": McBurnie and every player's ceiling
35:13 Six points a minimum: the verdict on Pocognoli so far
36:13 Man City guilty: "what a lot of absolute trollop"
36:35 Sporting integrity? Allardyce, Revie and brown envelopes
38:13 Relegation or points deductions for Man City?
41:43 "Loose change": stripping titles and compensation claims
42:53 "The side contracts is embarrassing": the Rangers EBT comparison
45:13 The biggest scandal in football history?
46:13 Tennent's Sixes at Braehead Arena
47:43 Boyd, McCoist and McFadden: strikers never lose a touch
49:43 Cillian Sheridan and "the dross"
51:09 Hummel: 15% off teamwear
52:10 Premiership top scorer: Duran, Kasper or Nisbet?
53:38 Kevin Nisbet: "the outstanding candidate"
54:13 Who can come to Scotland's rescue? Plus Straight Talk and sign-off
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