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Ian Wright goes on furious rant against Scottish football chiefs accusing them of 'letting country down'
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25 Jun, 09:28
Ian Wright goes on furious rant against Scottish football chiefs accusing them of 'letting country down'
Ian Wright has accused Scottish football chiefs of "letting the country down" in a furious rant after Scotland lost to Brazil.
Steve Clarke's side has a slim chance of reaching the round of 32, but after suffering a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Brazil last night, they need results to go their way.
"Laura [Woods] asked me the other day what Scotland can do next, and I think it goes a lot deeper than that," Wright said on ITV.
"When you look at Norway, a country the same size as Scotland, they're averaging six or seven thousand in attendances on a weekly basis.
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"Scotland are averaging 16,000. But Norway have managed to secure a broadcast deal worth £25million more a year than Scotland's.
"Obviously, they've got a better commercial operation than Scotland. But at the same time you look at Scotland and their raw materials.
"You look at amazing attendances, talent, storylines, grassroots participation. Someone in Scotland is letting down this country on a massive scale.
"People are very proud of them all over the world, but they've got to do more. There's got to be a bolder, braver vision for Scottish football."
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Clarke offered a pessimistic view of Scotland's chances of staying in the World Cup after their devastating loss yesterday.
He said: "You give a team like Brazil the chances that we gave them in the game, you expect to get punished. And that's what happened. I think we're probably going home.
"We know they're deadly in the attacking third of the pitch and we gave them for sure the first two goals, probably the third goal as well.
"So we gave them the goals, but on the counter of that, they also missed a few chances, and Angus [Gunn] had to make a
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