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Given helium was connected the seat for his state arsenic precocious arsenic past October, it mightiness look unusual to see Kevin Nisbet arsenic Scotland's forgotten man.
However, specified was the anonymity of his spell astatine Millwall that, for many, the striker fell wholly disconnected the planetary radar.
Five goals successful his past six games for Aberdeen, including a day onslaught connected Saturday against Queen's Park successful the Scottish Cup quarter-finals person returned him to the conversation.
So erstwhile Steve Clarke announces his squad for the Nations League play-off matches against Greece - unrecorded connected BBC Scotland - aboriginal this month, could 28-year-old Nisbet beryllium a cardinal fig for his country?
When the erstwhile Hibs striker arrived connected indebtedness astatine Pittodrie astatine the commencement of this season, looking to find the signifier that tempted Millwall to walk a reported £2m connected him, it looked similar a coagulated investment.
Nisbet scored a precocious victor against Ross County, earlier netting against Dundee 2 games later. It seemed the replacement for Bojan Miovski had been found.
However, determination were lone different 5 starts earlier the caller twelvemonth and conscionable a azygous extremity successful that time. He mightiness person deed the crushed running, but that commencement soon stalled.
But Nisbet has been astatine the forefront of Aberdeen turning their fortunes astir again, scoring 5 goals successful his past six and looking much unsafe successful the box.
His latest extremity was 1 of his champion successful this blistery run, putting Aberdeen up with an audacious backheel flick nonstop from a corner.
"The existent Kevin Nisbet has turned up," said erstwhile Pittodrie skipper and manager Willie Miller connected Sportsound. "That is conscionable magnificent.
"He's connected the run, he's beyond the adjacent station and guides it into the apical corner. That is simply a wonderful, fantastic goal."
Fellow BBC pundit Stephen McGinn agreed: "That is Nisbet astatine his assured best. A earthy goalscorer, feeling bully astir his game, feeling arsenic acceptable arsenic helium ever has done astatine Aberdeen."
With Lyndon Dykes acceptable to miss retired connected the play-off games done injury, determination is simply a spot up for grabs successful Clarke's squad.
If helium has to take betwixt Lawrence Shankland and Nisbet, the prime seems clear.
Shankland mightiness beryllium successful the squad, but his signifier has nosedived this play and helium remains connected conscionable 4 goals this run - with lone 1 since Christmas.
Of course, determination is besides Che Adams who has scored 7 successful Serie A this twelvemonth and recovered fitness, starting plentifulness of late.
But Nisbet's caller signifier is making a compelling case.
"I saw successful an interrogation precocious helium said helium felt precise fit," McGinn said. "That's a large portion of his game.
"He's a clever player, a earthy goalscorer and, erstwhile he's feeling bully astir himself, he's susceptible of getting backmost into the Scotland squad."
It would people a superb comeback for the forward, but helium insisted that it's not connected the forefront of his mind.
"I'm not adjacent reasoning astir that," helium told BBC Scotland erstwhile asked astir an planetary recall. Aye right, Kevin...
What did you marque of Nisbet's performance? Is helium getting backmost to his best?
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