'Sacking McLeish might be brutal, but it has to be done' - reaction as Kazakhstan embarrass Scotland

Summary

Pertsukh lashes Kazakhs into shock lead; Vorogovskiy adds second inside 10 minutes
Zainutdinov heads in third just after break
Kazakhs earn just second win in 21 qualifiers
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Colin Moffat

A view from England...published at 17:07 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2019
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So comfortable for Kazakhstanpublished at 17:05 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2019
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Just to emphasise Willie Miller's point, that was just a fifth win in 38 competitive home games for Kazakhstan.
It might well be the easiest too.
No defence for 'embarrassing performance'published at 17:02 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2019
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Willie Miller
Former Scotland defender on BBC Radio Scotland
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Kazakhstan have no history of winning games and it's an embarrassing performance by Scotland. The players looked leggy and disinterested in the second half. The three goals we lost, you can't give them away against any team. Alex McLeish will know that and can't defend that performance.
Get Involvedpublished at 16:58 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2019
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David Skeoch: Eck must be sacked after that. I hope he has enough about him to be man enough to walk away , but I doubt it.
Kevin Hunter: I would take a poor result , this was an abomination of a result.
Martyn Paterson: Absolute shocker and no hiding place for McLeish or his team! The only positive is that most folk were working and didn’t have to witness it.
James King: Thank goodness they didn’t risk the Killie players on a plastic pitch.
Grim reading in prospectpublished at 16:54 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2019
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Brace yourself for a series of 'Is This The Worst Ever?' articles across all Scottish sporting media outlets...
It has to be, right?
FULL-TIME Kazakhstan 3-0 Scotlandpublished at 95 mins
As opening games go, it doesn't get much worse. As any game goes really...
Scotland were given a thumping; second best all over the pitch.
Image source, SNS
YELLOW CARD Suyumbayev (Kazakhstan)published at 94 mins
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Gafurzhan Suyumbayev goes into the book for taking out Scott McTominay.
Postpublished at 92 mins
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Graeme Shinnie rolls the ball into the path of Oli Burke but the on-loan Celtic forward can only blaze a shot high and wide.
Five to gopublished at 90 mins
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We have another five painful minutes to suffer with time added on after a lengthy break for a clash of heads between two Kazakhstan players not so long ago.
'All gone wrong' for Scotlandpublished at 16:44 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2019
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Billy Dodds
Former Scotland striker on Sportsound
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The shock of the early two goals completely threw Scotland. The players haven't gone about their business the right away. It was so important to get the campaign off to a good start and it's all gone wrong.
Image source, PA
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A flick at the near post from Kazakhstan substitute Serikzhan Muzhikov needs saving from Scott Bain.
Not much more of this agony to endure as the clock ticks down.
YELLOW CARD Shinnie (Scotland)published at 83 mins
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Frustration boils over for Graeme Shinnie, who wipes out an opponent with a terrible hack near the halfway line.
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James Forrest, who scored five goals in his last two Scotland appearances, trudges off and on comes Marc McNulty for a first taste of international football.
'Same old' failings for Scotlandpublished at 16:36 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2019
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Billy Dodds
Former Scotland striker on Sportsound
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Every part of Kazakhstan's game tonight has been tremendous, Scotland the complete opposite. They don't even look as if they know their jobs. Same old, same old, I'm afraid
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There's nothing going on at all. Kazakhstan are absolutely strolling this. No fight whatsoever from the men in dark blue.
Image source, Re
San Marino on Sundaypublished at 16:33 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2019
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Anyone out there having second thoughts about the trip to San Marino over the weekend?
It's maybe best to head to the beach in Rimini instead and forget about the game...
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It's really ugly and getting uglier as Scotland continue to play like a group of strangers, misplacing the simplest of passes on the slick artificial surface.
Image source, Reuters
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Another Scotland change as Scott McTominay takes over from John McGinn.
A rare sight of goalpublished at 16:23 Greenwich Mean Time 21 March 2019
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Billy Dodds
Former Scotland striker on Sportsound
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Better from Scotland. Nice reverse pass from Oli Burke but good defending again from Kazakhstan. They're just sitting waiting and Scotland will have to catch them out of shape, which hasn't happened so far.
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Oli Burke does well to turn the ball back across goal but, yet again, the first man to the loose ball is in yellow, a defender getting a toe in before James Forrest.
Image source, PA