The preparations for Ireland's crucial Euro 2020 qualifier step up a gear this week. The squad are at a warm weather training camp in Portugal, before heading to Copenhagen to take on recent bogey team Denmark.
That game at the Parken Stadium will have a massive bearing on whether the Boys in Green can finish in the top two in Group D, before they welcome minnows Gibraltar to the Aviva Stadium.
For Enda Stevens, the build-up has been dominated by his club, Sheffield United, and their fight for promotion to the Premier League which they achieved by finishing second in the Championship.
"I haven't really, to be fair," says Stevens when asked by RTÉ Sport's Tony O'Donoghue if he's come down from the excitement of his club's success.
"We rolled on from the celebrations straight into here. This week will settle us down, and we can reflect on what's been a great year.
"We've had our fun, but it's passed us now, and we've to focus on Ireland.
"We're coming into a tough game away, and we just want to carry that momentum on from the last camp. I thought we put in two good performances. Hopefully I can take part in the next two games."
Indeed, Irish fans will need little reminding of that painful night back in November 2017 when World Cup hopes were destroyed by the Scandinavians in a 5-1 rout in Dublin.
Since then however, Ireland have managed two scoreless draws with the Danes, and Stevens says they can pick up at least a point next month.
"I played against them away in the Nations League. They're a good footballing team. We know it's going to be tough.
"Our confidence going into this game is good. We're come off the back of a good performance against Georgia, and we're hoping to get a result."
Mick McCarthy doesn't have a long time to put his stamp on this squad, and Stevens says these types of camps are crucial if the Boys in Green are to qualify for next summer's tournament, with games to be played in Dublin.
I think I'm building relationships with lads off the team, because you don't play with them every day
"I still think there's room for improvement," says of his own time in green. "I think I'm building relationships with lads off the team, because you don't play with them every day.
"This week will do us the world of good. It's like being at your club. He's got us every morning, and every afternoon, and he can do what he wants. There's still a long way to go (until the Denmark game), and hopefully we'll build that relationship, and we'll do a lot of work on the training ground."
