Mulgrew against Poland, manager Gordon Strachan
has confirmed.
Ikechi Anya has been ruled out of Scotland's crucial Euro 2016
qualifier with Poland due to a calf problem.
Gordon Strachan's side need maximum points from the clash
on Thursday if they are to keep alive their slim hopes of
reaching the finals in France next year.
However, both Anya and Charlie Mulgrew have been confirmed
as unavailable by Strachan, leaving the coach with a selection
headache for the visit of Adam Nawalka's side.
"Ikechi is not going to make it, he has a tight calf so he has
gone back to get treatment at Watford," he said.
"James Morrison (suspended for the Poland game) is going to
struggle [to feature against Gibraltar]. He got an injury at the
end of the game against Crystal Palace the other day.
"Charlie Mulgrew was never going to be fit. Charlie is only here
because he wanted to be here and add to the squad and what
we do behind the scenes and he has certainly done that.
"Each of our strikers have different assets and pluses but we
don't have an all-round guy who has every one of these and
then you have to think what type of game should it be, and pick
the players that would suit that game.
"In saying that, we have decisions to make in midfield where we
have good players although it does diminish a bit in wide
positions with Ikechi leaving. So we will try to envisage the
game and think what is the best XI for that game."
Strachan later stressed he is confident in his defence's ability to
keep in-form Robert Lewandowski quiet, despite the Bayern
Munich star having scored 12 times in just four appearances.
"Most of our work has been done in group defending and group
attacking and hopefully or group defending will nullify any
areas that their top players want to play in.
"But the secret is actually, if you keep the ball long enough and
longer than them, then the chances of them scoring a goal is
reduced. So that is what we have to try and do. And if we have
more chances and more goals then that will be fine. But we
understand that there are some right good players in the Polish
side."
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