Levein names starting line up

Craig Levein has continued his policy of naming his side in advance of games when he named his side for the Slovenia game.

Scotland team to face Slovenia : McGregor, Martin, Mulgrew,Caldwell, Berra, McArthur, Adam, Morrison, Forrest, Mackie, Mackail-Smith.

Levein has rested Kenny Miller, preferring Mackail-Smith ofBrightonto fill the role of the lone striker. This would appear to be a decent idea as we look to replace Miller who has servedScotlandso well for so long.

But as I have mentioned so often you could argue Mackail-Smith should be fourth choice to fill this role behind Steven Fletcher, Ross McCormack and Jordan Rhodes. So in the end is Levein really learning anything tonight as far as this position is concerned?

At the back we have Caldwell and Berra again partnering each other, with Charlie Mulgrew getting his first cap for his consistent performances for Celtic this season. It is a bit strange he appears to be playing at left back when he has been playing well at centre back for Celtic, an area we need to try something different!

The midfield seems very attack minded, certainly for a Levein side, and this could cause problems from a defensive point of view.

Hopefully we can get a win from this one and keep our World Ranking going in the right direct, but also knowing we have better players to come in for the qualifiers later in the year.