THE Scottish FA are set to make a decision over the future of Hampden and I would keep the stadium as the home of Scottish football.

I am a fan of it, but I am not a fan of having friendlies there when there are only a few thousand supporters in the stands. We have to be taking games like that to Tynecastle and Easter Road.

We had 18,000 people at the Hibernian v Aberdeen game at the weekend and that is a proper atmosphere. See if you have that number at Hampden, it is rubbish and there is no atmosphere.

Scotland’s form in home friendlies is abysmal and it was something we spoke about when I played under Walter Smith in terms of whether we could change the venues.

The record in the last few years is terrible and a big part of that is down to the atmosphere, or lack of it, that is generated at Hampden.

They are getting played like testimonial matches at times because there is no buzz around the stadium. If there is a bit of singing, that transmits onto the park and players automatically get lifted.

That sounds terrible when you are playing for your country but the atmosphere and the occasion does have a lot to do with how the game unfolds.

I haven’t spoken to Alex and Faddy about it but I would guess they want Scotland friendlies in full grounds with a bit of atmosphere than at Hampden with people scattered around the stands.

I am all for Hampden to stay and for it to be improved, but let’s not have any international friendlies there.