Temuri Ketsbaia has repeated his warning to Scotland that they are not good enough to take victory against his Georgia side for granted at Ibrox today.
A run of just one defeat for Gordon Strachan's side - and that to world champions Germany - in the last seven has the Tartan Army believing Scotland can qualify for Euro 2016.
But the former Newcastle and Dundee maverick Ketsbaia warned anyone who writes off the Georgians does so at their peril.
He said: "I've been manager for five years and we have played much better teams than Scotland. If you watch our games we are maybe not winning but we don't make it easy for anybody.
"If Scotland feel confident that is their problem, not our problem. I'm expecting my players to go out and prove them wrong. I don't think Scotland are better than Spain, France, Croatia, Greece or any other team that played in the finals or won World Cups or European Championships.
"We have been written off since the beginning by people in Scotland. They said the only teams who are not in with a chance of going the finals are Georgia and Gibraltar. That is their opinion."
Like Scotland in Dortmund last month, Georgia lost their opening qualifier when the former Celtic winger Aiden McGeady struck a sensational last-gasp winner to seal a 2-1 win for the Republic of Ireland in Tbilisi.
Ketsbaia admits defeat for Georgia or Scotland is now unthinkable as they chase a place in the finals in France. "It's not a must-win game," he said. "But it is a game you cannot lose."
However, Ketsbaia, who played at Ibrox with Dundee in 2002 and Anorthosis Famagust from Cyprusthree years later - denied his job will be in jeopardy if he doesn't leave Govan with three points.
Asked if he was under pressure, Ketsbaia replied: "I said after the Ireland game, when we lost, that if we didn't get results in the next two games maybe it would be time for me to go. But I don't feel pressure. Nobody has told me that this is my last game.
"One friend called me all day yesterday to tell me that somebody here wrote that, if I lose the game, I will go. It reminds me of when I played against Rangers here in the Champions League. Our budget was £3m, Rangers' budget was £50m.
"I said I didn't see a £47million difference between the teams. The next day, the paper had me saying Rangers were rubbish. When I got to the stadium, 50,000 screamed at me every time I touched the ball.
"You are always under pressure as a coach, especially for us because for five years now most of the games we've played have been against teams who are much better than us. But we're not easy to beat."
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