Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua kore a Steven Naismith e whakakore i tana hokinga mai ki Rangers a muri ake nei. I hainatia e te 28-tau-tawhito Scotland ki Everton i te Hōngongoi 2012 i muri i te raruraru o te karapu Ibrox i runga i to raatau huarahi ki te whakakorenga, i mua i to ratou putanga mai i te taumata o raro o te whutupaoro Scottish. Ko tetahi atu kaitakaro i uru atu ki te rerenga mai i Govan i taua raumati ko Kyle Lafferty. Ko te kaiwhawhai o Everton a Steven Naismith (matau) kua kore e whakaae ki te hoki ki Rangers a muri ake nei. E whakatairanga ana a Naismith i ngā utu tīkiti iti mō te tukinga hoa a Scotland ki a Ireland ki te Raki i Hampden Park. I uru atu a Naismith ki Everton mai i Rangers i te tau 2012 me te karapu Ibrox i te huarahi ki te whakakorenga. I neke ia ki Sion i Switzerland a ka whakakotahihia nga kaitakaro e rua ki Hampden Park i te po o te Wenerei ka whawhai a Scotland ki a Northern Ireland i roto i te whakataetae hoa, e mahi ana hei whakamahana mo te whakataetae 2016 Euro o Scotland ki Gibraltar i te Ratapu. Ahakoa ka taea e Rangers anake te tumanako ki te hoki ki te Scottish Premiership i te wa e whai ake nei na roto i nga purei, i kii a Lafferty: 'Kua patai mai etahi o nga kaiwhaiwhai Rangers ki ahau mena ka hoki ahau ki reira ka peke ahau i te tupono.' E mātau ana a Naismith ki taua whakaaro. Ka mea ia: 'Ko o maatau wa i Rangers pea ko te mea pai rawa atu i roto i a maatau mahi. He kapa angitu mātou, he maumahara nui hoki, ā, he kaiwhaiwhai Rangers ia, ka pai ki a ia, ā, ka hiahia ia ki te whakaara anō i a rātou.' I te pātai mēnā ka kite ia i a ia anō e hoki ana ki Ibrox, ka whakahoki a Naismith: 'Kāore au e mōhio he aha te mea ka tupu i te tau e haere ake nei, kaua rawa e whakaaro ki te wā kei te heke mai. Ko ngā whetū o te Pirimia Pirimia ko Steven Naismith (māui) me Darren Fletcher kei roto i te kapa Scotland. Ka tūtaki a Scotland ki a Northern Ireland i tētahi tukinga hoa i mua i tētahi tukinga tohu Euro 2016 ki Gibraltar. I puta mai a Fletcher, Russell Martin, Naismith me Brown i roto i te wairua pai i te wa o te whakangungu whakangungu. 'I tēnei wā e aroha ana ahau ki te tākaro mō Everton. Mai i taku taenga mai ki reira, he haerenga nui, mai i te whakakapi, me te kore whai pānga ki te tākaro i te nuinga o nga kēmu nui, me te whai pānga. 'E aroha ana ahau ki a ia i tenei wa engari ko koe...
I uru atu a Steven Naismith ki a Everton mai i Rangers i te tau 2012. Ka tākaro a Scotland ki Te Tai Tokerau o Ireland i tētahi tukinga hoa i Hampden Park i te Rāapa. Kaore a Naismith i whakakore i tana hokinga mai ki nga Rangers i etahi wa i muri mai.