I APPRECIATE where Gordon Strachan is coming from in terms of giving Oliver Burke game time with the under-20s but, personally, I still would have liked to have seen him in the full Scotland squad. 

He is by no means the finished article but, let’s face it, we are not spoiled for choice when it comes to players who can inject us with a Plan-B or those who have a touch of the X-Factor about them. Burke does have that special something.

But there is something in the Scottish make-up that is inherently cautious and most Scotland managers have been that way. The one who wasn’t was Berti Vogts.

Because we took a few hammerings in his experimental phase I think everybody else has been a bit wary of going down a similar route again. 

But sometimes you have to be bold and try something new. 

Of course, a high-stakes encounter with England is not the ideal time to do that, I accept that. But we’ve had all season to play Burke. 

At times, Scotland have needed to be a bit more cavalier and we’ve needed to throw in a match winner. 

Burke is going to be a big part of Scotland’s future but I’m just disappointed that we haven’t seen more of him.