Good. The prospect of a small middle-eastern country replacing a South American footballing powerhouse would have made a laughing stock of the competition.
Err...
It's pretty depressing that this isn't even remotely surprising anymore.
I'm pretty sure that there was a time when players had to be genuinely injured or have a good reason to pull out of an international squad instead of picking and choosing when they played.
The SFA should have clamped down back when Fergushun and his blue-nose team mates were constantly at it. Sadly now it seems to be the norm that all the players think they can get away with it and treat international call-ups as an irritating side project which they can pick up or put down as they please.
That was a fucking terrible performance. I can't believe that was almost the same side as played at the weekend. Didn't look interested, and completely lacking in ideas going forward.