Midway through The Three Kings, the new documentary telling the epic story of a trio of Scottish footballing giants, Sir Matt Busby captures the insecurity of the modern manager.
In a metaphor detailing the strained and sleepless nights which follow every triumph, a 61-year-old Busby tells a BBC interviewer: ‘You're always frightened of the next game
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You're sometimes looking for snow and it's not falling.'
When it came to Busby and the tragedy of the Munich air disaster, Belgrade played a regrettable cameo. When they pen thescriptt for Steve Clarke's life story, the events of last Thursday night guarantee an altogether beefier role for the Serbian capital.
Scotland's November could get even better if they beat Israel in Netanya on Wednesday night
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Yet, like Busby and every successful Scottish manager who ever lived, Clarke still fears inclement weather
>When the clouds dispersed last Friday morning, the national team might have qualified for the sunlit uplands of the Euro 2020 finals.
But the current manager played in an era when the national team made the mistake of taking qualification for granted
>And, after France 98, the snow started tumbling from the sky.
‘Maybe as a nation we were guilty of standing still too long,' said Clarke. ‘Everybody went past us.
Steve Clarke has said Scotland stood still for so long and that other nations went past them
‘We are in a position now where we are trying to catch
r />We don't want to lose that momentum. We want to keep going.
‘We stopped qualifying for tournaments. It has taken us a long time to get back to qualifying.
‘We don't want to wait as long for the nex
In fact, I don't want to wait very long at all. I want to qualify for 온라인슬롯 Qatar 2022 and so do the players.
‘At any level, you are only as good as your next game. You need to be focused on the targets ahead. You can't stand still.'