Seven-times capped striker looking to move up the pecking order in Steve Clarke’s squad
For both club and country, Jacob Brown needs a goal. Looking back on more than two years of participation with the Scotland squad, the Luton Town striker is certain that one is on the horizon.
In October 2021, the striker made his Scotland debut, substituting late in a 2-0 Nations League victory over Moldova. The 25-year-old has experienced this before; he has struggled to secure a starting position because of Lyndon Dykes’ and Che Adams’ strong play.
Even on Thursday he had to watch as Lawrence Shankland was summoned from the bench by Steve Clarke in a bid to save the game against Georgia. The Hearts striker plundered a header in injury-time to secure a 2-2 draw and many feel he has moved ahead of Brown in the queue, although they are very different players.
by the Euro 2024 finals set to take place in the summer of 2024, Clarke is obviously impressed by the seven-time captained Brown. If not, he wouldn’t continue to select him for squads.
Brown’s last competitive match was a 4-1 loss to France, where he made an excellent second-half substitute appearance. With fifteen minutes remaining, he pushed custodian Mike Maignan to make a superb save.
Brown remarked, “I was close against France, which would have been amazing.” “You want to demonstrate your abilities as a striker by scoring goals and providing assists. Hopefully, if I’m chosen, I can accomplish it.
“I want to score goals, that’s my job,” he continued, referring to tonight’s last Group A qualifier against Norway. However, you must bring more than that. You must assist in other ways if you’re not scoring, and I believe that I do. However, achieving my first goal would be a pleasant bonus.
Brown was playing for Stoke City in the Championship when he was first called up by Clarke. He has since admitted he was affected by nerves.
“It all felt a bit surreal and it came quite quick,” he said. “I was nervous just for the level of football and meeting up with the team. But from the first day the lads and all the staff were great. It’s mad that it’s been two years since then, I’m enjoying every minute.”
Playing in the Premier League with Luton Town, who have avoided relegation since Brown’s Scotland trip, he is enjoying life in the top division. This comes after Everton was docked ten points for breaking profit and sustainability regulations. He is aware that Erling Halaand, the injured Norwegian striker, will not be playing against him at Hampden, but he will probably face the player eventually. Next month, Luton and Manchester City are scheduled to meet at Kenilworth Road.
“Hopefully, it will help us that we have Arsenal and Man City in five days, but they’re both at home.” “We feel like we can always perform well against teams there because we have great support at home.”
In his final Premier League game, Brown came on as a 79th-minute replacement against Liverpool. A minute later, Tahith Chong gave Luton the lead. In the last minute of regulation time, Luis Diaz equalised to prevent the hosts from winning a historic game.
“That’s our team’s confidence; we know these games will be tough,” Brown remarked. However, we came close to winning at home against Tottenham and, had we held on a little longer, we may have won against Liverpool. However, we feel a lot more confident knowing that we are competing against those kinds of teams. All we have to do is keep working towards the desired outcome.
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