McLeish eager to put things right against Albania

The defeat to the World Cup semi-finalists was Scotland's biggest on home soil in 45 years, giving McLeish plenty to ponder ahead of their return to competitive action.

Speaking following the game, McLeish called for his player to show him something else when taking on group leaders Albania.

"There's nothing like a motivated individual going into a huge game," he told 'BBC Radio Scotland', before adding that they were "angry with themselves".

Albania beat Israel 1-0 in their group opener, but there could be a bosst for McLeish ahead of the game, with Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths likely to be fit despite being taken off at half-time against Belgium.

"I think he's going to be OK - he had some wee ankle problems and had to change his boots," the Scotland boss said. "There was a wee bit of disruption and I thought: 'I'm not going to take any chances.'

"He did want to stay on and said to give him 15 minutes but I said to leave it as he seemed in a wee bit of distress before half-time."

Many of Scotland's problems against Belgium stemmed from giving the ball away in dangerous areas, but whilst McLeish is "thinking of other players and about the system we're going to deploy," he will not be reverting back to route-one football.

"We've tried the other way for the last 20-odd years - parking the bus, as it were - and just hitting the long ball," he explained. "But we don't even have big strikers now, apart from Oli McBurnie.

"The focal point for France at the World Cup was Olivier Giroud - a guy who didn't score in the tournament - but he was a focal point for the other players to work off. We don't really have a player like that."