{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_tavpltk66zo27nab757a","title":"Billy Gilmour told his Scotland role as Sebastien Pocognoli reveals why he wants him playing with a SMILE","title_en":null,"outlets":2,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/billy-gilmour-told-his-scotland-role-as-sebastien-pocognoli-reveals-why-tavpltk66z","count":2,"items":[{"id":"n_kjnp2cwdwfgyqrdvzz3a","seq":542679,"kind":"article","title":"‘Football with a smile’: Pocognoli wants happy Gilmour to tee up Scotland success","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/sep/28/billy-gilmour-sebastien-pocognoli-scotland-nations-league","summary":"New Scotland manager says midfielder ‘has to take risks’ Players warned they need consistent game time for clubs Sébastien Pocognoli hopes a “smiling” Billy Gilmour will be central to Scotland’s hopes of improvement following a bruising World Cup. Gilmour excelled in the second half on Saturday, as Pocognoli’s debut as manager ended in a goalless away draw against Slovenia in the Nations League . The Napoli midfielder missed the World Cup, where the Scots exited at the group…","published":"2026-09-28T22:54:38Z","seen":"2026-09-28T23:37:59Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-theguardian-com-4ab56e","name":"theguardian.com","domain":"theguardian.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q11148","name":"The Guardian","type":"newspaper","country":"GB","designations":["daily newspaper","newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-theguardian-com-4ab56e","topics":["soccer","scotland","nations league","switzerland","football","sport"],"authors":["Ewan Murray"],"entities":[{"id":"Q7197034","name":"Piotr Zieliński","type":"person"},{"id":"Q10547335","name":"John McGinn","type":"person"},{"id":"Q22","name":"Scotland","type":"place"}],"image":"https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f14f8df3336cd32195d66cd685ab335ba19ae0e9/410_0_3725_2980/master/3725.jpg?auto=format&fit=max&quality=85&s=deb91b0ab3ed392ad8efaf8f73ac78ff&width=140","story":"st_tavpltk66zo27nab757a","category":"sport","category_p":0.9200000166893005,"sentiment":"positive","tone":0.6600000262260437,"political":0.029999999329447746},{"id":"n_tavpltk66zo27nab757a","seq":526690,"kind":"article","title":"Billy Gilmour told his Scotland role as Sebastien Pocognoli reveals why he wants him playing with a SMILE","url":"https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/16874854/billy-gilmour-scotland-sebastien-pocognoli-smile-nations-league","summary":"SEBASTIEN POCOGNOLI wants to see Billy Gilmour SMILE for Scotland. The Belgian has revealed he’s been a huge fan of the midfielder since he studied him playing for Brighton. Pocognoli is now looking to build his new-look national team around him. He said: “Billy had a good second half in Slovenia and I really enjoyed...","published":"2026-09-28T21:30:57Z","seen":"2026-09-28T21:36:28Z","lang":"en","country":"GB","source":{"id":"kite-thescottishsun-co-uk-3ecbc0","name":"thescottishsun.co.uk","domain":"thescottishsun.co.uk","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q110863831","name":"The Scottish Sun","type":"newspaper","designations":["daily newspaper","newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-thescottishsun-co-uk-3ecbc0","authors":["Robert Grieve"],"entities":[{"id":"Q42847487","name":"Billy Gilmour","type":"person"},{"id":"Q22","name":"Scotland","type":"place"}],"image":"https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F09%2Ftp-scotland-Gilmour-Pocognoli-2810-new_OP.jpg?quality%3D90%26","mentions":2,"story":"st_tavpltk66zo27nab757a","category":"sport","category_p":0.4399999976158142,"category2":"arts-culture-entertainment","sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.23000000417232513,"political":0.05000000074505806}]}