Source: Team_Talk
Scotland boss set to summon Weir
The Rangers skipper, 39, had kept John Carew and company at bay in the goalless World Cup qualifying draw at Hampden last October but when he was left out of the squad for Wednesday's return game at the Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo, it was assumed that his international career was over.
But the crushing defeat cost Burley more than just three valuable points and their second place in Group Nine to Macedonia on goal difference.
Defender Gary Caldwell was sent off in the first half for picking up two yellow cards which means he is suspended for the first game of the double-header against Macedonia and Holland at Hampden next month, where Scotland need to take all six points to have a chance of a play-off spot.
His brother Steven Caldwell had to come off just after the break with a groin injury and substitute Christophe Berra is even more of a doubt after he came off with a hamstring injury.
The Scotland boss surveyed the collateral damage in the wake of the demoralising defeat and admitted that he may have to go back to Weir.
"Who knows if Steven and Christophe will be fit?" Burley said.
"Steven has a groin injury, Christophe has a hamstring, so it will be touch and go, we will have to see.
"But I spoke to David and he is clear, he has played games for us before and he would be available, so that is something that we've got to look at."
It was a night when, in the words of Burley, "everything that could have gone wrong, went wrong".
Caldwell picked up two yellow cards within a couple of minutes in the first half, the second of which allowed John Arne Riise to fire in the opener from the resultant free-kick with the help of a deflection off Scott Brown.
When Morten Gamst Pedersen made it 2-0 seconds before the interval it was all but over for Burley's side.
A strike by Erik Huseklepp after the break added to Scotland's misery and Pedersen scored a delightful free-kick right at the end to complete a miserable night for the Scots.
Burley, however, refused to put any blame on stand-in goalkeeper David Marshall who has now conceded 11 goals in his three international appearances for Scotland.
He said: "I don't think you can fault him for any of the goals.
"The free-kick at the end, he (Pedersen) whipped it into the top corner and I don't think anyone would have saved that.
"And the other ones were decent finishes, although the first one was fortunate when they got the deflection."
The Scotland boss is adamant that two wins in Scotland's final two games will still be good enough for a play-off spot.
"I think six points will be enough - I've always said that," he said.
"Nothing has changed. It was a disastrous result but circumstances have dictated that."
He added: "We can look for excuses, we can look for circumstances, but it's gone - we didn't get any points.
"If we can't win our two games, we don't deserve to get in the play-offs."
