Levein: Give McGregor a chance

Craig Levein hopes the Tartan Army lay off returning goalkeeper Allan McGregor in Scotland's friendly against Sweden in Stockholm. The Scotland boss confirmed the Rangers number one will make his international return 17 months after he was handed a lifetime ban by the Scottish Football Association for his part in the infamous 'boozegate' incident which occurred during George Burley's tenure.Levein said: "I haven't picked my whole team yet but I can say Allan will play."I'll be honest, we will need to defend well and Allan will need to be good for us to come away from here with a clean sheet."I hope the punters are good with him. He made a mistake, held his hands up and admitted he was wrong."But I asked him to come back and he was delighted. He told me he was desperate to come back."I hope he doesn't get stick from the fans but if he does then he is more than capable of dealing with it."He has been bubbly and made some great saves in training. He's got a smile on his face and he's looking forward to the game."Everyone knows what happened in the past and when he declared himself ready to come back and play he knew there was a chance that one or two fans might give him a bit of stick."But these guys who have played at Rangers are used to dealing with pressure."It was the same for Kris Boyd when he came back the last time and he got a pretty decent reception. I'm hopeful it will be the same for Allan."

Source: Team_Talk