Scotball

We were talking about Scottish football yesterday, after their national team only scraped home 1-1 against the less than scary opponents from Moldovia. The question is why Scotland has, and has had for a very very long time, an appauling national football team. It's painful to watch. Almost like those Sunday amateur games you only watch because somebody on the pitch is related to you or is your friend. Otherwise you would leave and do something sensible.
Scotland has five million inhabitants. A professional football league. Much like Denmark. The Scottish supporters seem to think it has something to do with the coach, but the problem was there long before Berti Vogts took over. A different coach might make a difference, but I feel that a change in the attitude to how modern football is played is also required. It seems to me, though I am no expert in the game, that the general view on how football should be played is very rooted in 60s and 70s tactics. It doesn't matter how well you play as long as you score more goals than your opponent.
The trouble is, Scotland not only plays badly, they also don't score more goals than their opponents.