'Absolute shambles' - are Scotland players 'simply not good enough'?

[BBC] We asked for your views on the 3-0 defeat by Brazil that leaves Scotland's World Cup last-32 hopes hanging by a thread. Here's what some of you said: Barry : Abject failure on the international stage for a second tournament in a row, Steve Clarke has taken these players as far as he can and it would be better for all involved if he did the right thing and tore up that new contract. Scotland need fresh ideas. Derek : Absolute shambles but nothing new there. The central defenders we have match our forwards. Both are a laughing stock. Four more years of Clarke says it all. Dougie : It's not the manager's fault. No manager makes the kind of mistakes on the pitch that Scotland made, but is he the guy to take it forward? There is such a thing as misplaced loyalty, and it's clear these players can't do tournament football successfully. If it was a club, there would be an almost total clearout. Andy : I almost hope we don't qualify via the back door because a) this team doesn't deserve to the be the first Scotland team to do it based on results, and b) what fresh hell might await us in the next round? Jeremy : The squad lacked a recognised striker. Clarke's omission of Oli McBurnie was a huge error. Jim : Very predictable, the manager simply does not have the quality of squad to compete at this level. Playing out from the back has never suited the Scottish style of play and we showed that again against Brazil to our cost. We talk ourselves up about football and are capable (like against Denmark) of the occasional good result, but we fall far short of fielding a European or World Cup competitive team. Time to reassess the game in Scotland overall. William : Once again Scotland have been poor at a major tournament. They have been poor in all three games, giving away poor goals and not looking like scoring. The team don't take responsibility and constantly take the easy option. Our players are simply not good enough. We don't deserve to go through. Robbie : Now a waiting game. Did they let themselves down, yes. Was I surprised, no. It's what Scotland do, we are world class at it. Perhaps it's time to reflect again on the abilities, or lack of them within the squad. Stephen : The goals we conceded were shocking, it was an uphill battle. Second half was much better, we created some great chances. Pity nobody had their scoring boots on. Unless a very unlikely miracle happens, we're going home. George : We do not have one top-class defender, our so-called attacking play looks dated and the manager is being constantly exposed in major tournaments. Apart from these considerations everything else is fine.