article_snippet: Yet for Strachan there were spells of a 6-1 thrashing of Gibraltar which felt like a form of misery.
article_snippet: As rain and wind swirled around the National Stadium the Scots endured an unexpectedly jittery, uncomfortable first half.
article_snippet: To be fair the conditions were not great either. '
article_snippet: It was swirling out there.
article_snippet: Andy Robertson and Ikechi Anya had problems with the swirling wind in the first half.'
article_snippet: Opting to play with a three-man defence – with just Russell Martin at the centre - Strachan admitted the system had worked less well than Gibraltar' s