The Republic of Ireland manager Mick McCarthy has predicted a shock for any team that licks it's lips in anticipation of an easy game against his side.
When the Republic meet Cameroon in the opening game of their World Cup campaign, McCarthy says that the Group E opponents will be given a shock if they think that the turbulent events of last week will make the men in emerald-coloured shirts a pushover.
"If Cameroon have been watching us this week they'll be rubbing their hands," said McCarthy. "They will be going `Yahoo! Bring on the Irish!'
"But when they see us on Saturday I think they might see a different team."
The former Manchester City and Glasgow Celtic defender is not changing his usual 4-4-2 formation for the game and he feels that his system will weather the Africans' 3-5-2 approach.
He said: "Why should we do things differently now? We are a good team when we play that way. Why doubt yourself now? I trust myself. Sometimes you have a bad day and you question things and have doubts, but no way.
"We are here, one of the last 32 teams in the World Cup finals, and we have done that doing what we do and doing it well.
"We are used to playing against 3-5-2, we got here playing against that system, and we have done alright against it I think. We qualified playing 4-4-2 against everything and we are able to adapt and play against it.
"Despite all that has been going on this week I think our lads have been superb. The training has been sharp and they have been focused on what they have been doing. I can't compliment them enough.
"But it is performances and results that will count on the pitch - that was the same when we set off for Japan and it is no different now, there is just a little bit more emphasis on it.
"The achievement in getting here was brilliant, a great achievement - we want to do better now."
McCarthy says that he felt a lot in common with the Cameroon squad. He admitted that if they expected an easy game, they were feeling differently about their Irish adversaries than the Irish team felt about the current African champions.
"They are a good side, solid and organised, and they seem to have a togetherness about them and like us a good team spirit.
"Cameroon are physically strong and powerful, they have pace, they have good individual players, and they are a unit. They work very, very hard for each other and they are on a bit of a roll after their success in the African Nations Cup."
The Irish team would be complete with Roy Keane's replacement, Mark Kinsella of Charlton Athletic, and that the Addicks player would be fit and ready to play.
"Kinsella is fine," said McCarthy. "He trained today with no problems. He rested his knee yesterday and anybody at this stage who wants to just take it easy and be right for the game can do so.
"Ian Harte had a blister on his heel so he didn't take part in the five-a-side, but they have all done the work, the game now is the important thing.
"Jason McAteer trained today and I hope he is going to be okay. We'll see how his knee reacts to doing the full training session, but he got through it okay. It is still a little tender but you'd expect that with the tackle he received and the nature of the injury.
"I want Jason to play, but I'll only pick him if he is 100% right. I need a bit of input from him but I shall also be monitoring what he does and the treatment he's had."
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