Oh, I'm disappointed with you WSC. Of all the mags and websites, for you to fall into the trap of Berti-bashing is a surprise - and not a welcome one at that.

Yes he lost a bunch of meaningless friendlies - if anyone thinks France (at that time World AND European champions) weren't going to cuff Scotland in that game, they're a fool. He also dragged Scotland to impressive results against Germany and Holland - beating the latter 1-0 at Hampden, don't forget.

And as for the players - when you consider the dearth of talent he'd been left with, and the aged, tedious squad left by Broon, no wonder he went through 40 players finding decent ones. Plus, the ones he capped at least stood by him and turned out again and again. Can Burley say that?

So he called up Dobie and Murty? He also called up McFadden, Fletcher, Caldwell, Alexander, Gordon... the spine of the Scotland team which Smith and McLeish were so praised for was blooded by Berti.

Was his time a failure? The results were disappointing. The legacy of his time certainly wasn't.