Wave after wave but we managed to stop Ronaldo making a splash

Battling Scotland kept their heads above water

CRISTIANO RONALDO began his trip by making a splash in the Cameron House baths.

Steve Clarke will just be relieved the stroppy legend is off home having failed to plunge his job prospects well and truly down the drain.

He may have watched his team's long run without a win rumble on but at least he was spared the kind of result that might have forced the SFA to make a call on his future.

Clarke's side have been thrust in at the deep end in this Nations League and at last showed signs they've found a way to keep their heads above water.

It wasn't comfortable in the face of wave after wave of attacks but having braved the storms, Clarke will hope his side have now turned a corner.

Ronaldo trudged off to the sound of jeers after launching into a toddler meltdown, hardly gracious given the hero's welcome he'd been treated to on Monday.

A clip of him jumping down the water slide at his side's plush base by Loch Lomond spread online in the run-up and he was racking up big numbers at St Mirren's place too.

There can be few stranger images than one of the game's biggest stars cutting about with Ferguslie Park in the background.