Tried and tested for Scotland Manager Levein

Scotland manager Craig Levein today announced his squad for the friendly vs Sweden on August 11th. The match will be the managers first away game in charge of Scotland as he continues to prepare his squad for the double header in September vs Lithuania and Lichtenstein.

Alan Mcgregor was the main talking point as the Rangers keeper was reinstated to number 1 after Craig Gordons injury , Mcgregor has plenty of big match experience due to his involvement in the Champions League and UEFA Cup with Rangers. We are so lucky to have 2 or if you want 3 very good goalkeepers if you count Mcgregor's teammate Neil Alexander.

There was no room in the squad for Levein's old club players Gary Kenneth and Craig Conway , both were drafted into Levein's first squad against the Czech Republic , a match which saw Scotland win 1-0 , recalled to the squad was Stephen Mcmanus , he was joined by fellow Middlesbrough players Kris Boyd , Kevin Thomson and Barry Robson.

Now the controversial pick , if you trawl through the Scottish football sites , forums and blogs , then you will find that the majority of Scotland fans cant understand (myself included) why Chris Iwelumo has been given another chance , surely David Goodwillie or Steven Naismith are better choices than the man who missed THAT sitter vs Norway , so far I've not heard anything on why the Burnley hit man has been selected again.

The full Scotland Squad to face Sweden is as follows.....

Mcgregor , Alexander , Marshall

Hutton , Whitaker , Berra , Webster , Mcmanus , Wallace , Broadfoot

D.Fletcher , Brown , Thomson , Dorrins , Robson , Mcculloch , Adam , Morrison

Boyd , Miller , S.Fletcher , Mcfadden , Iwelumo

Hopefully Scotland set up in an attacking 4-5-1 , more like a 4-3-3 as we certainly have pace to burn up front. If i had the choice this would be my team to face the Swede's on the 11th.....

Mcgregor
Hutton Berra Webster Wallace
Brown Thomson D.Fletcher
Mcfadden miller Dorrans

2 attacking fullbacks , really solid central midfield and lots of pace up front , Mcfadden and Dorrans can pull back to become a midfield 5 when we are defending.

This tactics stuff is easy!!!!