Let's all give Andy Considine a big hug

But look at these two now. Macguire’s switch to Manchester United looks to be have been too big and his game has collapsed. He’s the guy always quoted when there’s a localised debate about a player’s value - “If Harry Maguire costs £70 million, what’s so-and-so worth?” - or a general one about the game’s excesses.

Meanwhile, Considine at 33, when he probably thought his chance had gone, answers his country’s call, turns in a nice and steady performance, which he then tops with a lovely post-match interview in which he talks humbly and from the heart about what the occasion of his first Scotland cap meant to him.

Then a few days later he gets another opportunity. The Czech Republic striker threatens, but Andy puts the shackles on him - his signature speciality move, the one we all know so well - like a bouncer grappling with a jeans-and-trainers clubber before showing him the cold, hard pavement. Big Considine, always liked him.

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