Swansea striker Oli McBurnie was handed a start for Scotland in their 3-1 loss to Portugal in a friendly on Sunday night, and a section of football fans have taken to Twitter to savage the 22-year-old for his display.
The European champions made light work of an experimental Scottish side as goals from Helder Costa, Eder and Bruma secured the win, with Steven Naismith netting a late consolation.
McBurnie failed to impress in leading the line for the Scots, and the Swansea forward has now been ripped to shreds on Twitter for his display.
This is Futbol have rounded up some of the best tweets:
Jesus.. Mcburnie has the first touch of a bloody landslide
— Save the clay pigeon ????? (@crispybear1) October 14, 2018
https://twitter.com/scottmccluskey5/status/1051573591844810752
https://twitter.com/muggy_mcguire/status/1051571397091360768
Mcburnie.. decent? You being serious? He is an absolute donkey
— Sean H (@Sean_H1888) October 14, 2018
As for Oli McBurnie, what does he bring apart from being the only player to have his socks pulled down? Absolute waste of a jersey…
— Adam ????????? (@AdamOliver07) October 14, 2018
I watched 10 mins of Scotland game and I could tell you McBurnie is not good enough… terrible stuff
— Mark Brown (@Mark1Brown1090) October 14, 2018
let's hope the rangers sign that lad Mcburnie….he is absolutely RANK ????????
— ALEXANDER WHITE..??????????? (@albhoy71) October 14, 2018
oli mcburnie absolute pish, whats he dain in the scotland team!
— dale cockburn (@C10Dale) October 14, 2018
The only time McBurnie should ever be in a Scotland top again is on his holidays
— Finn (@finndov) October 14, 2018
OPINION
These fans seem pretty unimpressed with McBurnie’s performance for Scotland, and you can see why. The Swansea striker looked out of his depth against Portugal, and was totally isolated up front. Those two factors combined meant he had a nightmare outing against the European champions which will have put him far down in the estimations of many Scotland fans, as evidenced here. It is a shame to see such a young player getting ripped to shreds like this though, with criticism such as this not helping much at all. The fact is that the whole Scotland team were totally outclassed by the Portuguese, and there were very few players who actually emerged with any credit. All in all it has been a chastening international break for Alex McLeish and his squad, who have vast improvements to make if they are to get anywhere close to qualifying for an international tournament.