Disaster Index: 5.1 Entry: The McGinn Expectation Gap Cause: A Scotland player described as being in the form of his life in the ten days before competitive football begins. Category: Emotional / Historical Evidence: McGinn has been exceptional in pre-tournament media. Press availability has gone well. The performance in front of journalists is measurable and promising. The performance in front of Haiti's defensive line is scheduled for June 13th. Historical precedent: Scotland has produced pre-tournament players of the tournament candidates with some regularity. Kenny Dalglish, 1978. Graeme Souness, 1986. The form of their lives arrived on schedule. The results arrived separately. Affected parties: John McGinn, specifically. Scotland supporters who have read the piece. Tom English, who wrote sincerely and may be held to this. Immediate outlook: The Index notes the gap between what the record shows in training and what the fixture will ask. The gap is not a verdict. It is a category.