Disaster Index: 6.1 Entry: The Ferguson Dependency Cause: Scotland's tournament survival increasingly legible only through the presence and performance of one midfield player. Category: Structural / External Dependency Evidence: Ferguson named Scotland's most influential World Cup player at the tournament's decisive juncture. One midfielder bearing examination weight in a crunch fixture against Brazil. The gap between his availability and Scotland's alternatives has been sufficiently noted to generate national media. Historical precedent: Scotland's tournament campaigns have periodically reorganised themselves around a single load-bearing individual — the architecture that follows tends to remain sound only as long as the individual does. Affected parties: Scotland midfield structure; tournament continuation; the player himself. Immediate outlook: Index elevated not because Ferguson is struggling, but because the dependency is now visible. What is named is more fragile than what is merely true.