PEOPLE are saying this afternoon's Euro 2016 qualifier against Gibraltar is a pressure game but for me it couldn't be more different.

In truth playing against these kind of teams are the matches you can go out and enjoy as a Scotland player. The real pressure games for this squad came against Georgia at Ibrox, or against the Republic of Ireland at Parkhead, when we were playing catch-up in the group and had everything to lose. Scotland could play poorly and still win today but realistically Gordon Strachan will want a clean sheet, to score at least three goals, and experience no scares. It might take us half an hour to get the breakthrough but once that happens more should follow.

Scotland's strikers will see it as a chance to get their ratios up but sometimes you find that striker is the hardest position to play in this kind of game, even though it sounds weird to say that. GIbraltar will set up with a bank of four and a bank of five, so you are playing against nine men in that enclosed area in the final third. Strikers will get chances, but will have to work hard in probably the tightest area of the pitch. Your best chance of breaking through might be running from deep.

The closest example to this kind of scenario which I can recall from my playing days was a 4-0 win against San Marino in 2001. We were so dominant that day, it was so one-sided and they sat so deep, and I expect the same kind of thing against Gibraltar today. I scored one and hit the post but I was still disappointed because I thought it was get my ratio up. We got ourselves into a wee bit of trouble in the away match, but saved the day with a couple of late goals. I was also in a team which drew 1-1 with the Faroe Islands away, in a match in which Matt Elliott got sent off. But dare I say it, even teams like San Marino and the Faroes are better, more experienced sides than this Gibraltar team which only has a few competitive international games under its belt.

What you want from this kind of performance is for your goalkeeper to keep a nice clean sheet, hardly being tested, your full backs to get forward, your midfield to be dominant and create chances, your strikers to get chances and take them. I am not saying we are going to score eight or nine goals, but we should be keeping a clean sheet and scoring three, four or maybe five goals.

The midweek match against Northern Ireland was a typical friendly but all you want to do is get the job done and that is what Scotland did. Northern Ireland have shown they are no mugs in their qualifying campaign and for Scotland to get 60% possession against them shows that even teams like then are deciding to sit in behind the ball and make life difficult for us. I thought Matt Ritchie, of Bournemouth, looked lively on his debut. He had a couple of strikes on goal, and some decent movement. But like the Craig Brown era, you have to earn your way into the Scotland team now.

That is why there will be changes from midweek, as they go with as many of the boys who got the job done against Georgia and Republic of Ireland. The mantra will be 'don't try to tinker, even if it is against an inferior team, just get your job done'. That is why I feel the team will be David Marshall in goal, Alan Hutton at right back, Russell Martin and Gordon Greer in the middle, with Andy Robertson at left back. Charlie Mulgrew, who did well against the Republic, isn't available so it could be Scott Brown and Darren Fletcher in central midfield, although either James Morrison or James McArthur could also get the nod in there. Shaun Maloney, Steven Naismith, and Ikechi Anya will probably play in front of them, with Steven Fletcher as the lone striker, although Strachan is sure to bring Jordan Rhodes on at some point. He is in the squad because Gordon knows he could be really effective in this game.

You just have to do your professional job against these sides. We all saw what happened with Liechtenstein with Stephen McManus scoring the winner seven minutes into injury time. I did the game for the telly and I was absolutely bricking it. It is absolute fairytale stuff for their interim manager, Davie Wilson, to coach his first senior match of any description at Hampden against Scotland. But let's not give him a fairytale ending.

AFTER a victory over Austria, yesterday it was a goalless draw against Italy. And all Ricky Sbragia and the Scotland Under-19 team have to do is keep on winning. There has been a huge outcry about the fact that Jack Harper, the Real Madrid striker, hasn't been included. But just because you play for Real Madrid that doesn't mean you should automatically be included in a Scotland squad.

He might be technically excellent, but not physical enough to cope with demands of these games. There have been plenty of young kids who came through the ranks at Barcelona and Real Madrid who haven't amounted to anything. Listen, there is no God given right to go straight into the Scotland squad, especially at that age. The issue will rear its ugly head again if he starts losing games. But all Sbragia needs to do is keep winning, then nobody will bat an eyelid.