Up front I have a lot of injury problems and Eamonn was an obvious choice for me.
Scotland squad announcement RECAP: Steve Clarke reveals group for Euro 2020 double-header. Celtic vs Motherwell Prediction, preview, team news and more | Scottish Premiership 2019-20 Celtic welcome Motherwell in a Scottish league encounter on Sunday Sai Teja FOLLOW But Fletcher, 32, has enjoyed a decent start to the season, scoring two goals in five games for the Championship side.Roberto Martinez is struggling with defenders ahead of facing Scotland (there is a God! Oh, yes, there’s always hope.First we simply must beat Russia so Scotland can move on to six points, which would still be three behind Stanislav Cherchesov’s side.Cyrpus host the Kazaks on the same evening and we should hope for a Cypriot win.Then on Monday, we need at least a point against the Belgians. The Scottish Football Association Ltd, Dykes given first Scotland call-up. When Brendan Rodgers was at Celtic, he got the best out of Oli Burke playing him as a number nine. All eleven players who represented Scotland that day played for Glasgow amateur club Queen's Park. Russia and Belgium lie in wait as Scotland attempt to reach their first finals since France 98. We’ll find out the details when Clarke speaks at 12pm.Steven Naismith has been included, meanwhile, and there’s a recall for Robert Snodgrass of West Ham.In goal both Celtic keepers – Craig Gordon and Scott Bain – are not in the pool. It doesn’t come much tougher but on the flipside Clarke has an array of top players at his disposal.Players from the Premier League pack his squad, with Liverpool’s Andy Robertson, Manchester United’s Scott McTominay, John McGinn of Aston Villa and Bournemouth’s assist king Ryan Fraser to name but four.Clarke has admitted the double-header has come too soon for Griffiths.The manager said: “I feel we should just give him a little bit more time to settle into the role again at Celtic...a fully fit, firing, sharp Leigh Griffiths will always be good for us.”He has called on the fans to get behind the team – urging for a full house for the Russia clash.He’ll explain why Griffiths is not in the squad and perhaps shed some light on what went on with Snoddy.Robert Snodgrass returns to the international fold for the first time since the 4-0 defeat to Belgium at Hampden more than one year ago.He had asked not to be considered for selection under Alex McLeish but seems to approve of Clarke.The 31-year-old has made two appearances for West Ham this season and is enjoying something of a renaissance.Clarke had to be a little creative when it came to central defence. "Clarke's assistant at Rugby Park, Alex Dyer, will join him when Scotland are in camp while remaining full-time with Kilmarnock.Former Republic of Ireland defender Steven Reid will also join Clarke's national back-room team, with Celtic's Stevie Woods continuing as goalkeeping coach. Midfielder John Fleck, who was in McLeish's last squad, also has a prior commitment and Clarke indicated that was the reason other previous squad members had not been included.He also said that young midfielder David Turnbull of Motherwell and Aberdeen's Lewis Ferguson were unlucky to miss out. He has scored three goals in eight appearances and looks to be approaching the kind of form that made him a first pick for club and country.What a start to his Premier League career for the Sheffield United striker. The match ended in a goalless draw. "All the boys deserve to be there. Scotland manager Alex McLeish calls up six new faces in a 27-man squad for friendlies with Costa Rica and Hungary. Teams representing the two sides first competed at the Oval in five matches between 1870 and 1872. Scott McKenna picked an injury against Kilmarnock at the weekend, while John Souttar is also crocked.Charlie Mulgrew is in the squad and is likely to start but who partners him is up for debate.It will be either Norwich’s Grant Hanley or Leeds’ Liam Cooper.Leigh Griffiths has not made the squad and right now we can only assume this was at Celtic’s request. A win, of course, would wipe out that defeat to Kazakhstan and really get our campaign up and running.For the first time in a long while Scotland have big players performing at big clubs.We’ve already mentioned Ryan Jack but you can throw in James Forrest and Callum McGregor of Celtic as well.Crucially, though, Scotland can also boast of a number of top players excelling in the world’s richest league, the EPL.We have Andy Robertson at Liverpool, Scott McTominay at Manchester United, John McGinn at Aston Villa and so many more.Oli McBurnie, a £20m signing, is banging in the goals for Sheffield United, while Ryan Fraser is a key figure for Bournemouth.And that’s all before Kieran Tierney has even kicked a ball for Arsenal...We know for sure Ryan Jack will be recalled.