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Scotland boss Steve Clarkeâs decision to favour Lyndon Dykes over Lawrence Shankland in the defeat to Morocco has left some fans puzzled.
Clarkeâs side were beaten 1-0 in Boston on Friday leaving Scotland potentially with work to do if they are to qualify for the round of 32.
Ismael Saibariâs thunderous effort after just 70 seconds was enough to condemn Scotland to their first loss of the tournament.
Scotland were left aggrieved after two penalty claims were waved away by the referee with John McGinn and Scott McTominay both taking tumbles in the penalty box.
A point against the Atlas Lions would have likely booked safe passage into the knockout rounds and Clarke made a host of changes in the hope of claiming a draw.
But it was his first change that sparked controversy with Dykes introduced as a 71st-minute replacement for Che Adams.
Dykes, who netted five goals for Charlton last season, was preferred to in-form striker Shankland.
However, the recently-signed Rangers man netted 20 times for Hearts last season as they agonisingly missed out on the Scottish Premiership title.
Meanwhile, talkSPORT’s Scotland correspondent Shebahn Aherne was left bemused by the decision to leave Ben Gannon-Doak out of the starting XI after his heroics against Haiti.
talkSPORTâs Tony Cascarino provided an insight to Clarkeâs possible thinking in opting for Dykes.
Cascarino and Clarke were former teammates at Chelsea and he told the Weekend Sports Breakfast that the Scotland boss is often very measured in his approach.
âYou could make the point that Lawrence Shankland started in the first game against Haiti and then with the substitution he chose to go with Lyndon Dykes instead,â Cascarino said.
âWhatever reason that is, we donât know.
âHe might have thought, âIâll tell you what, Iâll keep Lawrence Shankland for the game against Brazil. We donât know if that will be the outcome.
âI donât think heâs holding him back.â
The ex-Chelsea and Marseille hitman added: âI played with Steve at Chelsea, heâs very conservative with the way he thinks and I said to you last week, he never gets too high and he never gets too low.
âSteve is always thinking about maybes that could happen that gives him a chance and itâs served him really well being that kind of manager for Scotland.
âI think heâll look at the Morocco game and then go into the Brazil game in a similar fashion.â
Clarke must quickly pick up his troops for Wednesdayâs glamour clash against Brazil in Miami.
Three points could be enough to escape the group phase as one of the eight best third-place teams, but Scotland could find themselves needing a point to be sure.
Cascarino believes Shankland is still very much in Clarkeâs plans and could be better suited to playing against Brazil rather than Morocco.
âI donât think Steveâs just gone, âyouâre droppedâ,â he added. âHe might have just looked at Morocco and thought, I don’t really need a leader of the line against Morocco because of their high intensity, weâre never going to get players to join very quickly.
âSome might go well thatâs wrong, you need a player that can do that.
âI just think he might have a little bit of a bigger picture in his mind as well because they could quite easily be the best of the third-placed teams to get through.
âYou donât want to get beat 3-0 or 4-0 and then definitely be out.â
Scotland boss Steve Clarkeâs decision to favour Lyndon Dykes over Lawrence Shankland in the defeat to Morocco has left some fans puzzled.
Clarkeâs side were beaten 1-0 in Boston on Friday leaving Scotland potentially with work to do if they are to qualify for the round of 32.
Ismael Saibariâs thunderous effort after just 70 seconds was enough to condemn Scotland to their first loss of the tournament.
Scotland were left aggrieved after two penalty claims were waved away by the referee with John McGinn and Scott McTominay both taking tumbles in the penalty box.
A point against the Atlas Lions would have likely booked safe passage into the knockout rounds and Clarke made a host of changes in the hope of claiming a draw.
But it was his first change that sparked controversy with Dykes introduced as a 71st-minute replacement for Che Adams.
Dykes, who netted five goals for Charlton last season, was preferred to in-form striker Shankland.
However, the recently-signed Rangers man netted 20 times for Hearts last season as they agonisingly missed out on the Scottish Premiership title.
Meanwhile, talkSPORT’s Scotland correspondent Shebahn Aherne was left bemused by the decision to leave Ben Gannon-Doak out of the starting XI after his heroics against Haiti.
talkSPORTâs Tony Cascarino provided an insight to Clarkeâs possible thinking in opting for Dykes.
Cascarino and Clarke were former teammates at Chelsea and he told the Weekend Sports Breakfast that the Scotland boss is often very measured in his approach.
âYou could make the point that Lawrence Shankland started in the first game against Haiti and then with the substitution he chose to go with Lyndon Dykes instead,â Cascarino said.
âWhatever reason that is, we donât know.
âHe might have thought, âIâll tell you what, Iâll keep Lawrence Shankland for the game against Brazil. We donât know if that will be the outcome.
âI donât think heâs holding him back.â
The ex-Chelsea and Marseille hitman added: âI played with Steve at Chelsea, heâs very conservative with the way he thinks and I said to you last week, he never gets too high and he never gets too low.
âSteve is always thinking about maybes that could happen that gives him a chance and itâs served him really well being that kind of manager for Scotland.
âI think heâll look at the Morocco game and then go into the Brazil game in a similar fashion.â
Clarke must quickly pick up his troops for Wednesdayâs glamour clash against Brazil in Miami.
Three points could be enough to escape the group phase as one of the eight best third-place teams, but Scotland could find themselves needing a point to be sure.
Cascarino believes Shankland is still very much in Clarkeâs plans and could be better suited to playing against Brazil rather than Morocco.
âI donât think Steveâs just gone, âyouâre droppedâ,â he added. âHe might have just looked at Morocco and thought, I don’t really need a leader of the line against Morocco because of their high intensity, weâre never going to get players to join very quickly.
âSome might go well thatâs wrong, you need a player that can do that.
âI just think he might have a little bit of a bigger picture in his mind as well because they could quite easily be the best of the third-placed teams to get through.
âYou donât want to get beat 3-0 or 4-0 and then definitely be out.â
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