But it is this type of situation that brings the best out of the Scotland side who will play a much wider game now that Paterson is back pulling the strings at number 10 and a pair of wings who can expect plenty of balls in their hands.

BBC: Ireland v Scotland (Sat)

It was a sad face, blue, with big round glasses and a mustache like a pair of bluebird wings.

NEWYORKER: Ziggurat

The x3 has a five-bladed main rotor and a pair of propellers on two short wings.

ECONOMIST: Chop, chop