I think when the games are tight or if there's half a chance he's always going to nick one for you. But I don't think that was the main factor last Saturday because even if he was playing in the first half he wouldn't be able to do anything with that.

It has been getting better gradually. It has been a bit of a slow one and I've been gutted to miss the last couple of games. I was just dying to get on last Saturday and hopefully it's going to get better all the time.

We don't want to put ourselves under unnecessary pressure, but at the same time we have to set ourselves a goal and that is the goal. It is going to be tough but we have the squad capable of doing it.

I think that has been to our advantage. A lot of people have been talking up Sheffield United, and Reading have been doing well. But we are just concentrating on ourselves and if we can keep sneaking up the table and get a few more good results, we can get even higher.

That is what the gaffer has done. He has brought in a lot of players who have had a taste, did really well last season, and are eager to get back up. Not many of them would look out of place in the Premiership.

It's bitterly disappointing but I've been told there's no chance of me making the Scotland games. I was really looking forward to them after our great results against Italy and Norway.