Mick McCarthy admits his Republic of Ireland side could be in trouble if Christian Eriksen heads into next week's Euro 2020 qualifier off the back of a Champions League final victory over Liverpool.
With three draws and a 5-1 defeat in their recent history against Denmark, the former Ipswich manager insisted that while he watched those games back, it is a very different Ireland that will depart for Copenhagen, though added he would take a draw right now if it was offered to him.
The main dangerman for Ireland at the Parken Stadium is likely to be Tottenham Hotspur's Christian Eriksen.
McCarthy was asked whether it could be advantage Ireland should Spurs taste defeat in Saturday's Champions League final against Liverpool.
"Only if somebody clumps him I guess," he said.
"If he has a disappointment, I doubt very much the disappointment in his life will affect him that much against us.
"If he wins it, he's a bloody good player anyway, so it makes no odds. He's a top player. We'll have to deal with him no matter what happens," said McCarthy, speaking at the 2019 Spar FAI primary school 5s programme national finals
The Ireland manager admitted that he has seen first hand the impact a winning atmosphere can bring to the camp after Josh Cullen's arrival following Charlton Athletic's League One play-off over Sunderland.
"Josh has come in and he looks like he has just played in a play-off final. He looks like he has just created the winning goal and has had a brilliant time and enjoying his football. He was different class today in training.
"If Christian Eriksen wins it [Champions League] and he comes in in that frame of mind, and that form, then we could be in trouble."
Having struggled to find the back of the net in their two games to date, McCarthy was asked whether the training camp was a testing ground for a fresh tactical approach.
Once again the Matt Doherty experiment on the right flank seems to have been knocked on the head - "it didn't work [against Gibraltar], it won't be working in Denmark" - and laid out his blueprint for next week.
"We will be playing 4-4-3 against them in some shape or form. Not 4-4-2 as we did against Gibraltar.
"Somebody said to me, 'you have got to get two strikers on the pitch', but I neglected to tell him that we had more chances playing with one striker than we did with two against Gibraltar."
