Positivity abounds as the Republic of Ireland continue to breeze through their UEFA Nations League campaign.
The Girls in Green have three wins from three in League B Group 1. Twelve goals scored, one conceded.
In the fog of the post-Vera Pauw era they needed some light and Eileen Gleeson has been a beacon - a calm, assured presence who has soothed a bruised squad.
The players like her, the back-room team she's assembled is experienced and smart, and her aptitude in the role has bought the FAI time to whittle down their 12-person managerial shortlist.
With every positive result the noises for Gleeson to get the gig have grown louder. The Dubliner hinted at feeling conflicted last week when she said, "if I had ambitions to manage any team, this is the team I'd want to manage".
However she remains committed to her role as the FAI's head of women's and girl's football and has said consistently she's not in the running to take the job permanently.
It'll be tough to walk away from a camp as happy as this one, but there's also an awareness that the real challenges won't come until the spring time.
Ireland are in a sweet spot right now as they mop up a weak group. You can only beat what's in front of you, and they've done that without much fuss to date. The objective has always been to win the group and gain promotion to League A where the top 16 teams in Europe compete and the going is a hell of a lot tougher.
Life in the top tier also aids hopes for Euros qualification as the improved seeding guarantees at least a place in the play-offs once the qualifiers begin in April.
That's all coming down the tracks. First, Ireland must wrap up their maiden Nations League campaign as quickly and efficiently as possible. If they beat Albania in Shkoder this evening, and Northern Ireland draw with Hungary, that will be that - Gleeson's charges will have won the group with two games to spare.
The Albanians showed flashes of quality in Tallaght Stadium last Friday night, with industrious captain Megi Doci occasionally exploiting Irish looseness out of possession.
Once Katie McCabe took control of the contest though, they had no answer to an Ireland side that is, in all reality, operating on a different level. Fitter, stronger and better, they should have no issues in the return fixture, albeit patience might be required to break down a tenacious outfit.
"To be honest, I wouldn't expect any problems," Gleeson said when asked about the risk of complacency.
"The girls are professional, they’re professional football players, they’re professional individuals, I wouldn’t expect any less from them to come in and completely professional within the environment and to behave as such."
Gleeson is using these games as a opportunity to give younger players minutes. Abbie Larkin and Izzy Atkinson in particular are benefitting from her commitment to freshening up the panel, and both have flourished on the flanks with the team dominating possession against more limited opposition.
Atkinson enables McCabe to operate centrally too, which is helping Ireland to break down deep-lying rearguards.
There's no injury issues among the travelling party.
Amber Barrett, Lucy Quinn and Heather Payne didn't even make the matchday 23 on Friday but Gleeson is likely to reintroduce the senior trio tonight. Peamount United's Erin McLaughlin could play a bigger role too having done well off the bench last Friday, while Sinead Farrelly - absent last month due to a back issue - could come in from the start.
McCabe played with a torn tricep a few days ago but it hasn't been aggravated and she'll take back the armband having passed it on to Diane Caldwell on Friday when the defender won her 100th cap.
The competition for places is becoming intense.
Gleeson is without Niamh Fahey, Marissa Sheva, Aoife Mannion, Ruesha Littlejohn, Claire Walsh, Tara O'Hanlon, Savannah McCarthy Jess Ziu and Leanne Kiernan this month. They will all have aspirations of getting back into the fold.
"It's difficult for players to not be in the squad," Gleeson said. "It’s the most difficult conversation, but on the other side it’s super positive.
"We focus on the players that we have here with us for this campaign but moving forward we know we have a lot of players that could potentially come back in for consideration. That’s a really strong problem for a manager to have and it’s really positive going forward that we’ll have that depth and the problem of selection."
There may be frustration among those on the fringes, desperate to get a chance, but as long as the wins keep coming dissent will be muted. Everybody is enjoying themselves right now as a team that had adopted a supremely disciplined approach under Pauw gets the opportunity to loosen up.
Expect another win in the city of Shkoder, and - should the North hold Hungary - a morale-boosting stride into League A.
Predicition: Albania 0-3 Republic of Ireland
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