Strachan still best man for Scotland, says Dalglish

“Scotland manager Gordon Strachan will be without Kevin McDonald and Charlie Mulgrew for the fixture through injury while James Morrison is suspended”.

“There’s no hiding from the fact”.

“There’s no hiding, that’s what killed us”.

O’Shea played 90 minutes in Ireland’s thrilling 1-0 win over Germany on Thursday.

“We’ll be confident of causing Poland problems, too, as we’ve Shane Long, Daryl Murphy, Jonny Walters and Robbie Keane – plenty of players to cause them problems”.

“I am hugely disappointed for the players”.

“It was the most incredible experience we have all had”.

‘The last two performances, we can be extremely proud of. “Arkadiusz Milik and Maciej Rybus unfortunately will not be available to play tomorrow”, confirmed Nawalka who will likely bring Artur Sobiech into the side.

And afterwards a devastated Strachan – who refused to say if he will stay in the job after Sunday night’s meaningless finale against whipping boys Gibraltar – could not hide the depth of his own disappointment.

The Carpi front-man was diagnosed with a muscle strain in his abdomen and has been sent back to the Italian club.

However Strachan said: “I don’t know the officials, or who is refereeing, I don’t care”. Gibraltar are likely to make it tough early on, but Scotland should grow as the game progresses to meet expectations. We’re talking about a disappointing 90 minutes in Georgia. Ireland will go above them if they win or score two goals or more in a draw.

“From where we’ve been, it’s a huge improvement to where we were”.

Scotland face another summer of watching a football party on television, far removed from being able to actually take part. “I don’t want to compare as to who is better (between Ireland and Scotland)”.

“Poland are fully aware of what we’ve done against Germany and the confidence we’ll get from beating them”.

“I had a lot of faith in my team”.

“It’s hard to find the words to describe how much it hurts”. Steven Fletcher should have pressed their goalkeeper instead of dropping off, Matt Ritchie didn’t have to get so tight to give away the free kick, and we shouldn’t have let someone like Robert Lewandowski get a run onto a rebound. The Poles host the Irish in their last group game on Sunday. That’s to be expected. If they’re going to do better than us they’re going to have to do well.

With a 20m high Robert Lewandowski’s image plastered on the façade of the Stadion Narodowy and his recent remarkable goalscoring form, the Polish captain doesn’t need to be talked up any more. All the players have stuck together and given it everything and we can do it again.