Disaster Index: 5.1 Entry: McTominay Reintegration Risk Cause: Scotland's new head coach navigating a first international window without his most influential midfielder, while the shape built in McTominay's absence has already raised questions about where he returns to. Category: Tactical Evidence: McTominay absent for the Nations League opener following a heart procedure. Scotland drew 0–0 in Slovenia without him. Pocognoli, still learning his squad, faces a November window in which the system must either accommodate McTominay or tell him what it has become. Historical precedent: Scotland has a documented tendency to organise around an absence and then find the solution and the player do not quite fit the same space. Affected parties: Scott McTominay; Sébastien Pocognoli; players whose roles were defined in the opening window. Immediate outlook: The question is not whether McTominay returns. The question is what the team has decided it is in the meantime. Filed: 27 September 2026 / UEFA Nations League, League B