Scot 100: STV Presenter John Mackay picks his Greatest XI
The Away End are searching for Scotland's greatest 100 players. You can submit your choices up until the end of March in two ways; either by picking your greatest XI, or simply a list of players you consider the best.
STV's John Mackay is next up to pick his team, and has went for a 4-4-2 formation.
Andy Goram
A shot stopper with remarkable reflexes. He was a keeper who could win league titles.
Sandy Jardine
A cool, stylish player who was untypically Scottish. He would have played with ease on the Continent.
Alex Mcleish
Solid defender and he and Willie Miller came as a pair. Genuine man as well.
Willie Miller
Outstanding defender. Sir Alex Ferguson said the best penalty box defender he'd ever managed and who can argue with that. Read the game superbly and while he could appear uncomfortable away from his defensive domain, his performance there was top class.
The full back who first made me aware of the value of overlaps. He stormed up and down the touchline. Tigerish in defence, pacy in attack. Should be at right back, but, as with Scotland, he could play either flank.
Jimmy Johnstone
Archetypal Scottish player. When you watch black and white footage, the game can seem slow and cumbersome. Jinky never does.
Graeme Souness
A genuinely world class player. He had a rare combination of grit and skill. And above anything else, a winner.
Dave Mackay
The only player I'm including in the first 11 whom I never saw. My Faither thought he was magnificent and his record would back that up.
Davie Cooper
With his lack of pace, The Coop should never have been as good as he was, but he could transform a game in one movement with that left foot.
Kenny Dalglish
Simply a great player. I was at Hampden the night he scored that wonderful goal against Spain and was left in awe. It wasn't the only time I was left awestruck by him.
Henrik Larsson
Larsson seemed to bloom late, but what a player when he did. Any player who can score twice in a European Final must be special. Not to mention his helping Barcelona win the Champions League.
Subs
Charlie Cooke
My childhood idol, although by then his career was nearly over. I would love to have seen him play.
Denis Law
Not actually elegible because he never played club football in Scotland, but got to be the greatest Scottish international. 30 goals and you know he would have been just as effective now.
Brian Laudrup
Simply mesmerising. Why was he so good? Doesn't make the first team because he didn't have the same impact in Europe.
Jim Leighton
Wonderful with Aberdeen and Scotland, but seemed to go into rapid decline after he left the Dons.
Jim Baxter
Never saw him play, but if everything that is said about him is true, then he must have been special. I agree with Denis Law, though, it would have been better if he hadn't showboated against England in 1967 and had really gone for it.
Billy McNeil
Imperious. The first British player to lift the European Cup. Couldn't be left out.
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