Russell Martin won’t hold back against Robert Lewandowski

“I expect the Scots will play very aggressively and not necessarily in accordance with the rules either”, said Lewandowski, who has scored 12 goals in his last four games.

The Dons replied with an Ash Taylor header from a Niall McGinn corner kick but were again caught out by poor defending when Danny Ward turned a Liam Craig drive around his post, only to misread a shot from the same player at the subsequent corner kick. He has adapted very well and he’s not only scoring goals in domestic football now but Europe as well. He came on at half-time against Wolfsburg and scored five in ten minutes. If you do put all your eggs in one basket then someone else will pop up.

“Guys like Scott are always good at giving the supporters the passion and energy that they want to see”. They are still pushing for first place.

“We’ve been hugely encouraged by Leigh Griffiths all season”, McGhee said.

“But we have players in form as well, players who scored at the weekend”.

“It’s up to us to stop him”.

“But there’s no one else you’d rather have on the end of a chance and his goals conversion to chances created ratio is excellent”. “Fletch, Naisy, whoever is up top, we have to try to grab goals ourselves”.

“We have to give as good as we get”, he continued. England and Northern Ireland, I think, have got it quite easy.

“I don’t know that as a team they have improved”.

“However, we thrive on that. I don’t think they have left us behind in any way”. We have players at the striking level who can do this or do that but there isn’t one with the whole package.

The Aston Villa right-back has earned a reputation for tough tackling and robust defence, earning a two game ban in March for a groin-high tackle on Saido Berahino.

“It doesn’t matter when we score, but obviously an early goal is nice because it settles everyone down”.

“We will have a great crowd behind us at Hampden tomorrow night and hopefully if we get our tails up we can make sure they keep that noise up”.

“Hampden was full for the Germany game”.

Despite the disappointments the last qualifying double-header brought, Robertson believes the squad gathered at their west of Scotland base this week refreshed and ready for the daunting task ahead.

“You run the risk of getting booked or sent off now with the way the game has gone in terms of physicality”.

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Brown had an indifferent start to the campaign as he toiled with a hamstring injury but he performed well against Fenerbahce last week and Griffiths has insisted that the player’s influence is considerable every time he takes to the field.