article_snippet: Yet the warmth was distinctly a few degrees south of what Steven Naismith is currently enjoying each time the Scotland squad gathers on the banks of Loch Lomond.
article_snippet: In little over two years, Gordon Strachan's has transformed Team Scotland from a laughing stock into a source of genuine pride and hope.
article_snippet: the Scotland squad are in high spirits in the lead-up to the Scotland squad clash with Northern Ireland on Wednesday .
article_snippet: Steven Naismith says: 'From when I joined Team Scotland to now, it’s a totally different dynamic' The old cliché about a club-like atmosphere surrounding Team Scotland – for so long just empty rhetoric – now has a solid basis in reality.
article_snippet: From when I joined Team Scotland to now, it’s a totally different dynamic in that every single player is chatting away to anybody,’ said Steven Naismith.
article_snippet: Gordon Strachan's reign has brought back a sense of pride to the Scotland shirt .
article_snippet: Naismith's Naismith and Chicago-based Shaun Maloney, formerly of Rangers and Celtic respectively, share a laugh as Everton's Naismith and Chicago-based Shaun Maloney, formerly of Rangers and Celtic respectively warm up with the Scotland squad on Tuesday .