Dan McDonnell

And against sides our own level at times and maybe even below our level, it won't be pretty.

Because instinctively you'll feel, God, we should go out and beat North Macedonia 1-2-3-0 at home.

Those nights could be a bit turgid.

But equally, against the bigger, slightly better teams, we'll be kind of well set, well drilled, know what we're about.

And we're going to be a tough nut to crack for them.

Maybe it's a lack of ambition on my part.

Maybe I'm too beaten down.

But I think that's fine by me and I'll put up with those kind of turgid enough nights.

And come tournament football, I almost think we're better going in in that kind of a tough nut to crack kind of a way and winning games 1-0.

And maybe that is a lack of ambition.

You know, everything's black and white.

I'm somewhere in the grey, certainly against lesser opposition at home.

If lads are in the mood and it's going well, can our fullbacks get a bit further on?

Can, you know, can lads fire balls into feet a bit more?

Of course, like we still have to try and score goals and play football.

But fundamentally, I have no problem, Gary, with Hamer saying, you know what?

People may not love it at times.

We're a first contact, hard working set piece team.

We're going to be horrible to play against.

We're going to be hard to beat.