Disaster Index: 4.1 Entry: First Call Cause: Sebastien Pocognoli naming his first Scotland squad on Tuesday, with the attendant possibility that the clean slate contains some of the same handwriting. Category: Administrative Evidence: Pocognoli inherits a squad-selection moment framed publicly as a fresh start. Fresh starts in Scottish football have a documented relationship with structural continuity. The candidates under discussion include recognisable names alongside new ones. Historical precedent: Every Scotland managerial appointment since 1998 has arrived with a reset narrative. The evidence on reset narratives is available on request. Affected parties: Players on the margin of the previous regime; players who believed the previous regime had forgotten them; players who are about to discover that the new regime has also looked carefully and reached a similar conclusion. Immediate outlook: The squad will be named. Some selections will be described as bold. The Index will assess the evidence. Filed: 2026-09-14 / Pre-campaign, Pocognoli era, match-day 0