Wily Gordon Strachan has Scotland’s lions hungry for more success

His subtle but succinct skewering of John Delaney grabbed all the attention on this side of the Irish Sea, but closer to home, it was another of Stewart Regan’s observations that stood out from the rest. 

The Scottish FA chief tends to choose his words, takes care of his offerings and generally eschews urges to engage in any grandstanding.

These are heady days in his adopted homeland, however. It’s not just the changing of the seasons that has brought a surge of energy, a fresh light to Scotland. Depending who you listened to, last month’s British general election saw the nation experience an avalanche, a typhoon or a tsunami. These were of the electoral, rather than meteorological, variety.