Steven Naismith looked ahead to this year’s World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the USA in a special big interview. The Scotland assistant was put in the spotlight by Kris Boyd and Chris Sutton, with Steve Clarke’s squad at the center of the conversation. Team selection, big personalities and loyalty all came up.
Boyd and Sutton quiz Naismith
Kris Boyd and Chris Sutton turned the focus onto Naismith, and the interview pushed beyond simple tournament chatter. He spoke as Scotland’s assistant and used the conversation to look inside Clarke’s squad, where selection decisions and the management of strong personalities sit alongside the basic question of who fits where.
Clarke's squad under scrutiny
The line about loyalty was part of the same discussion, which made the interview more than a routine preview. Naismith was not speaking in the abstract; he was tied directly to Scotland’s planning for a World Cup spread across Canada, Mexico and the USA, and the questions reflected the pressure that comes with building a squad around Clarke’s choices.
For readers following Scotland’s buildup, the value here is the access point. Naismith’s role gives the interview weight because he sits close to the decisions, and the subjects raised — selection, personalities and loyalty — are the ones that usually shape who is trusted when the tournament starts.
Scotland World Cup coverage
The interview also placed Naismith firmly within Scotland’s World Cup coverage rather than on the outside of it. That makes the conversation useful for anyone tracking how the squad is being framed before the tournament, because it points straight at the issues Clarke and his staff will have to manage in the build-up.
