Honeymoon over as Pocognoli's Scotland suffer domestic disharmony

Sebastien Pocognoli is left with questions to answer after an inert Scotland performance leaves him still searching for his first home win, writes Tom English.

On a dismal night at Hampden when Scotland failed to ask enough questions of Slovenia, there are one or two that could be posed to new boss Sebastien Pocognoli and his players.

We knew Pocognoli was a disciple of three at the back - the issue being whether he was rigid or flexible in his philosophy, whether he was a bit of an ideologue or a coach capable of changing things on the hoof.

Well, he changed it, that's for sure. Maybe not early as he should have, but at 1-1, and then when Slovenia took a deserved 2-1 lead, Pocognoli switched formation and personnel, not out of design but out of desperation, you felt.

He hurled players on in a bid to take a point; strikers, wingers, kitchen-sink stuff. Indiscriminate and messy. Scotland never really got out of the blocks. They got what they deserved.

So to the questions. Where did this turkey of a performance come from?

Source: BBC Sport