Are Scotland Finally Finding Striker Solutions?

Two days earlier Scotland's friends against Liechtenstein successful June, nan one-year day of a striker past scoring a extremity for nan nationalist squad hit.

In nan 3 games since, Che Adams has four, while George Hirst has now opened his account.

Torino striker Adams netted a confidence-boosting hat-trick successful Vaduz to go nan first guardant since Lawrence Shankland against Finland successful Scotland's Euros farewell lucifer to find nan backmost of nan nett for Steve Clarke's side.

And he past opened nan scoring for nan Scots against Belarus successful Monday's 2-0 win arsenic they made it 4 points from nan first disposable six successful World Cup qualifying.

It was 1 of galore notable positives successful Zalaegerszeg, arsenic was nan return of Ben Gannon-Doak connected nan near wing. On Friday nighttime against Denmark, John McGinn retired connected nan correct rolled backmost nan years.

Across camp, Clarke many times expressed his excitement that he could look to his chair and beryllium "happy" pinch his options available.

Hirst sewage a cameo successful Copenhagen. Lennon Miller was thrown for a fewer minutes connected Monday. Hibernian hot-shot Kieron Bowie didn't time off nan bench.

Strength successful extent has been a fleeting luxury for Clarke, but is this nan champion onslaught he's had?

The effect of Gannon-Doak was 1 of nan main talking points. Starting nan crippled connected nan near flank, he showed maturity and bravery connected nan shot to effort and make things happen.

Given nan deep-lying banks of Belarus jerseys, it wasn't an easy task for nan man whose play was trim short past run pinch a thigh injury.

"He conscionable picked up from wherever he'd near disconnected successful a Scotland jersey, which was awesome to see," said Michael Stewart of nan Bournemouth winger.

"As overmuch arsenic you saw it pinch your ain 2 eyes erstwhile he was first there, you commencement reasoning to yourself, was that really arsenic impactful and arsenic bully arsenic I thought? It almost becomes a spot of a mirage.

"But his determination making was moreover amended than before. He looked very objective successful nan last third, pinch nan correct passes astatine nan correct clip and sewage into awesome areas.

"He brings you penetration and that expertise to get to nan statement that astir apt isn't arsenic evident pinch different players. He changes nan full move of nan squad arsenic an attacking force.

"That feeds into nan full statement astir nan strikers, but it's worthwhile recognising that nan strikers are not immoderate benignant of exclusive entity.

"The squad useful arsenic a portion and, if you're looking astatine an attacking broadside of nan game, you've sewage to look astatine Gannon-Doak and nan effect he has connected it."

Four goals successful 3 games for Adams, who intelligibly is first prime aft starts successful some games, is simply a coagulated return for nan Torino forward.

He besides played a large portion successful Scotland's 2nd extremity connected Monday night.

It hints astatine a uncovering of shape for nan man pinch 10 world goals to his name, particularly erstwhile 4 of that tally came truthful recently.

But who other does Clarke person astatine his disposal, and was nan deficiency of crippled clip for promising Hibernian striker Bowie a missed opportunity?

"Che Adams is intelligibly nan manager's man," said erstwhile Scotland world Stewart.

"He wants to play him, truthful scoring past nighttime is massively affirmative for nan nationalist squad because yet you want to person him doing good and scoring goals.

"Lyndon Dykes has ever had beardown attributes, I deliberation his all-round crippled is nan astir important portion of his crippled that he brings to nan side.

"We've seen flashes of Hirst, he looks very competent, while pinch Bowie, I consciousness for illustration he's made his announcement of, 'I'm here, I'm ready' pinch nan measurement that he plays.

"It feels for illustration he's ready, truthful I deliberation that's wherever a batch of nan excitement comes from, because arsenic bully arsenic that is connected paper, each nan attributes each 4 have, he seems to maine to person a batch of those successful one.

"John McGinn, Scott McTominay, Ryan Christie, Ben Gannon-Doak, there's plentifulness location [in midfield], it feels for illustration a bully operation and a blend there.

"They mightiness not people pinch nan level of wave that they person successful nan past, but I don't deliberation you've ever, aliases surely haven't, ever looked astatine nan nationalist squad and felt for illustration we've not sewage goals successful nan side."

Scotland person put themselves into a beardown position.

Four points from six has them tied pinch Denmark successful Group C and a constituent supra Greece. It's a coagulated platform.

Next up are nan Greeks astatine Hampden successful October, swiftly followed by Belarus, besides successful Glasgow. Given Scotland are nan only broadside not yet to either play aliases driblet points astatine home, getting triumph successful some would group hearts fluttering.

"That's going to yet specify nan campaign," said Stewart.

"As overmuch arsenic you're not going to return thing for granted successful nan crippled aft against Belarus astatine location - if you're capable to get 3 points against them, each of a abrupt you're sitting astatine 10 points, aft 4 games aliases pinch 2 games to go, and it's an incredibly beardown position to beryllium in.

"It's ramping up nicely."

If everyone stays fit, is this 1 of nan strongest attacks?

Stewart says: "I wouldn't disagree pinch that connected paper, but successful reality, we want immoderate much goals, we're ever wanting much goals!"