ALARM BELS FOR GAFFER

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failing to turn up and dismissed any suggestions they were suffering from nerves.

Clarke surpassed Craig Brown's record for games as Scotland gaffer as his side secured at least a playoff slot.

But he said: “It's possibly as disappointed as I've been over the whole 72 games. We just didn't turn up.

“The performance was way below par and it’s a head-scratcher. We got the win but I'm disappointed in the team performance.

“There have been many times when I've said how good they are. And they are. That doesn't change.

“But it doesn’t mean to say that as their head coach I can't be disappointed in them. I've told them that in the dressing room so they know what my feelings are.

“I’ve got great faith in them and I trust them absolutely. And I know next month they'll be a different animal.”

It was a tense night for players and supporters alike as Scotland struggled to see off Belarus.

But Clarke says the onus is on the players to get the Hampden crowd up for it.