[SCOTLAND have] high hopes ... Hopes are high that Barry Ferguson will overcome the injury he sustained.

I am happy the first game in the group stages is at home. Everybody will be up for it with us not having Champions League football for two years. So if we get three points in the first game, then we are away to Milan and you never know what's going to happen over there. Then we've got Artmedia at home in the third game. We could have six or seven points from the first three games.

So it will obviously take them some time to bed in, but I think we are beginning to show what we can achieve.

The gaffer has brought in some new players and some do not yet speak English,

He shows a young spirit. He's not just focused on right now, he's trying to focus on our future. And if it was up to me, I'd vote for him for the next 16 years.

If that's their chat then it's sour grapes and they are simply searching for excuses,