SFA Chief Backs Vogts
Scottish Football Association chief executive David Taylor says Berti Vogts' future as Scotland manager is safe - for now.
Taylor told BBC Scotland that no action would be taken to remove Vogts from the post while an arithmetical possibility of World Cup qualification remained.
Former Scotland midfielder Craig Burley had earlier said he felt Vogts should go if Scotland do not beat Moldova.
Taylor said: "We'll honour his contract while qualification is possible."
He added: "He has a contract to take us to the World Cup finals. If we reach the point where that is not possible, then I think that would be the end of the road.
"But I think if we win the match, we are back in the frame. It's a strange group with teams taking points off each other.
"If we don't win, then obviously our prospects of qualifying are bleak."
Burley told BBC Radio Five Live it would be impossible for Vogts to continue as national manager if Scotland fail to beat Moldova.
And he said even a win on Wednesday would simply delay his inevitable departure.
"Qualification is the be-all and end-all for any manager and we've started this campaign very poorly," he said.
We're now becoming the laughing stock of football
"I think if we lose on Wednesday then it's not possible for him to survive, unless the SFA bottle everything up and don't make a decision.
"Even it they win the game, I think it'll be a long slow process for Berti eventually to lose his job, because there's such a media backlash against him that it's inevitable.
"He's got some decent players and he's not getting the best out of them and that's the bottom line.
"And if he doesn't do it on Wednesday then I'm afraid he has to go."
Burley insisted that the language barrier could not be used as an excuse.
"Berti's English is very, very good, like most Europeans when communicating with British-based players," he added.
"That was never a problem, the problem is the players don't know what he wants.
"I don't think Berti knows what he wants. We're now becoming the laughing stock of football. Nobody fears playing us."
But SFA president John McBeth echoed Taylor's words, insisting that Vogts will not be sacked. But he did indicate that the German might resign in the face of continued criticism.
"We would never break an agreement with a manager - we'll always honour that," he told the Scottish Daily Mail.
But he added: "There must be some effect on him from the abuse
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