Sunday November 8th 2026
The four goalkeepers included in the Scotland squad for the upcoming fixtures in November.
Written by Midlothian View Reporter, Adam Bowen
Scotland Head Coach Sebastien Pocognoli has named 4 keepers within his 26-man squad for the upcoming fixtures against North Macedonia and Switzerland.
Scotland has a lot of competition across many positions, but when it comes to the goalkeeper situation there is a lack in competition as well as young talent.
Within the forwards we’re spoilt for choice, and the young talent though Ben Doak, Findlay Curtis and Robbie Ure is exciting.
Pocognoli understands the situation and when speaking on it he said,
“We need competition for every position. Gunn played the four games and we know his quality.
“The goals we conceded were maybe due to structure but also sometimes an individual decision.
“Gunn is playing in the MLS at 30 years old. We have Scott Bain who is playing at Falkirk.
“We have Liam who is not playing for Rangers and a young goalkeeper – or not really young at 26 – in Jon who is playing good games in League One.
“That’s the situation. There is no young talent coming to challenge.”
It sounds slightly worrying that there is no Scottish keeper under the age of 26 who is good enough to come into the squad and really put the pressure on the other goalkeepers.
Within the defenders, the youngest is Luke Graham who is 22 years old. In midfield you have first time call up Kristi Montgomery who is also 22 and then in the forward position you have Findlay Curtis who is only 20 years old.
The Scotland boss is very aware of the situation between the posts and said,
“We need to support our goalkeepers and find a way to be defensively strong.
“So we don’t come to a situation where we need to make a decision in the box.
“Gunn is important because he has quality but I’ll be more demanding now on everybody.
“We need to make the standard higher and I need a response in the next camp to be ready for anything in March.”
Sebastien Pocognoli has previous experience in these situations,
“Working on young lads for the (Belgium) federation and bringing in the right mechanism to bring through the next generation for the Belgian national team.”
Listening to his experience he seems like the right man for the job; hopefully he can use this to good effect and make sure that there is young talent as well as competition for every position within the squad.
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