A spokesman said there were no plans to drop it. However, the Scottish Rugby Union, which adopted the song a year before it was first sung at football matches, defended 'Flower of Scotland'. I would much prefer that the Scottish national anthem was Burns's 'A Man's A Man For 'a That'.' He said: 'I hate "Flower of Scotland" - it's martial, mournful, aggressive and anti-English. Writer and singer Pat Kane also backs the work of Robert Burns. It would be great to have everyone linking arms before the start of the match.' Ian Black, author of the Tartan Army Song Book, said: '"Flower of Scotland" was not played at the correct speed before the Lithuania game and sounded very odd. Some of the Tartan Army believe that the team rather than the music requires attention, yet the argument rages on. A few years ago we played "Scotland the Brave", but that was a bit too much "marching through the heather".' 'If you could put it in artistic terms, it's an emotional song, but it's not a rousing song. That's something that people elsewhere, not just in football, have been thinking about for some time. I'm sorry, but I don't particularly like it - it's a bit of a dirge. Taylor said: 'We need stirring up after "Flower of Scotland". His grumbles follow Scotland's embarrassing 1-0 defeat to that giant of European football, Lithuania, and have sparked a national debate as Scots wonder whether a change of tune might transform their under-performing players into world-beaters.
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