Neil Taylor has denied Wales set out to annoy England intentionally ahead of this afternoon’s massive Euro 2016 clash.
With so much at stake in Lens, both sides have tried to score points ahead of the Group B meeting.
Gareth Bale has been a central figure in the plot, saying England ‘big themselves up before they've done anything’ and that they cannot match Wales' pride and passion.
It has been a sentiment repeated by other Wales players in the build-up to the game, but Swansea defender Taylor insisted it was not a pre-meditated decision to wind up the England camp.
"We're coming up against a team who are used to playing at this level every week," said Taylor.
"So we haven't had the intention to get under anybody's skin. We just want to play well in the game. We're focused on us, and only us."
Wales sit top of the group - level on points with Slovakia, who beat Russia 2-1 on Wednesday - after winning their first-ever game at the Euros last weekend.
The 2-1 victory over Slovakia, allied to results elsewhere, means Wales will qualify as group winners should they beat England for the first time in 32 years at Stade Bollaert-Delelis.
And Taylor admits confidence has been coursing through the Wales camp ever since they beat Belgium, then ranked second in the world, in Cardiff just over a year ago.
"We got over that massive hurdle and that was turning point for this team," he explained. "That was when we realised we could be a threat up against anybody.
"We know the threat we carry and we feel we can beat anybody on our day, whether it's England or anyone else."
Wales hope to have goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey available after a back spasm ruled him out of the Slovakia game.
Hal Robson-Kanu is also pressing for a start after coming off the bench to score the winner against Slovakia.
Meanwhile, England manager Roy Hodgson (above) is dreaming of victory over Wales and a show of mutual respect between fans in Lens, but accepts he cannot guarantee either.
"I'd like to see both national anthems totally and utterly respected." - Roy Hodgson
England's Euro 2016 opener brought disappointment on several levels, with violent clashes between English and Russian supporters in Marseille marring the occasion and a last-minute equaliser restricting Hodgson's dominant side to a draw.
He has high hopes for better at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis, where he wants his team to take all three points and its followers to join their British ‘brothers’ by observing the national anthems in silence.
"What I expect and what I'd like to see has no relevance in what happens," he said.
"I can call for lots of things, but whether it changes behaviour is another matter. I'm a football coach. I don't give myself magical powers to change the way football fans act and behave.
"If you ask me what I would like, I'd like to see both national anthems totally and utterly respected.
"The fact that it's a game between brothers, if you like, adds spice to it and interest. That's something I can only welcome."
Hodgson has more influence on the on-field matters - particularly in terms of system and selection, both of which he has changed with some regularity in recent times.
But he was in no mood to respond to some of the provocation that has emanated from the Wales dressing room, much of it from Real Madrid star Bale.
"Talk is talk; action on the field is action on the field," he said.
"If we really took it seriously, thinking about what people in the other team are saying, and allowed it to affect our concentration we'd be very ashamed of ourselves."
