A HAMSTRING strain will prevent Matt Phillips from making his Scotland debut in Slovenia tomorrow night but that didn't deter the Scottish Football Association from getting the Blackpool winger to pose for photographers yesterday in the national team's new adidas away kit.

Perhaps it was just a coincidence but it was impossible not to note the irony of a former England youth player pledging his allegiance to Scotland while dressed in an all-white top. All that was missing was three lions on his chest.

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