Scotland squad have shown why I stuck with them - Clarke - video Dailymotion

Steve Clarke says his Scotland squad have repaid his loyalty after criticism, as they make the World Cup

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00:00They don't want to be successful just for themselves, they want to share that success with the country.

00:05Three qualifications, in my time three qualifications out of four and a play-off defeat in the others.

00:12I think that's pretty good. So that tells you how good that group of players are.

00:15It tells you that when I made my decision to find a core group of players that I trust and I believe in,

00:23and I've been criticised for sticking with them, some of them.

00:27When I made that decision to cap them and cap them and give them the experience,

00:31it's for nights like that where you have to find a way to win.

00:35It's for nights like Belarus, here, when we didn't play well, but you win.

00:40We didn't drop points. Denmark dropped points against Belarus.

00:44And that's the difference between qualification.

00:47We managed to find a way to win the games or to get the points that we needed to qualify.

00:52And that's what that experience gives the players.