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The Football Show · 29 September 2026
"He's the only one who can do it." Peter Martin, Alex Rae and Allan Rough on why Scotland live and die by Billy Gilmour after a flat 0-0 in Slovenia - and the striker problem Sebastian Pocognoli can't fix.
The panel break down a poor first half and why Billy Gilmour is absolutely paramount - the only midfielder who can dictate a game at this level - and how you fit McTominay, Lewis Ferguson and John McGinn around him. They get into the real issue of getting Ben Doak and service down the flanks, the striker crisis (McBurnie and Bowie couldn't take the chance, and you can't buy a top striker for Scotland), the back-three shape and its wing-back risk, why Steven Welsh has grown into an international, and whether Pocognoli sticks with a back three or goes four against Switzerland.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Scotland 0-0 Slovenia: no grip on the game
0:15 Why Billy Gilmour is absolutely paramount
1:15 Steven Welsh impresses, and the striker problem
1:58 Fitting McTominay and Ferguson around Gilmour
3:24 The real issue: getting Ben Doak and service down the flanks
4:20 "You can't buy a top striker for Scotland"
5:40 McBurnie, Bowie and being brave at home
6:18 The back three and the wing-back risk
8:07 The back-three lineup: Hendry, McKenna and Welsh
9:28 Why Welsh has grown into an international
10:20 No Gilmour, no axis: the Scotland problem
11:12 Back three or back four? Reserve judgment for Switzerland
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