Time to go, George...

Despite what George Burley thinks, this was not a "tough" qualifying group. To finish third behind a mediocre Norway side really isn't good enough - and has come at a high price, with arguments and recriminations throughout a fraught campaign.

There really doesn't seem much to build on - Burley's idea to turn the Scotland team into one that was more progressive and comfortable in possession was a good one, but he hasn't really managed to make it happen. And the continuing fall-out from the Rangers quartet means that a section of the media will always be against him.

So Burley should go. But who would replace him? Strachan surely won't take the job, and unless Craig Levein can be persuaded to take it on (possibly on a part-time basis), there are few other obvious candidates.