Former England international Paul Robinson says England will travel in expectation for Saturday's Nations League clash with the Republic of Ireland.
The Three Lions come to Dublin off the back of reaching - and losing - their second consecutive European Championships final.
The visitors are ranked fourth in the world and they're being led, on an interim basis at least, by Lee Carsley, who played 40 times for the Boys in Green during his international career.
New Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson has looked to keep expectations down for followers of his side, with 2016 the last time Ireland reached a major championship.
But in that same tournament, Hallgrimsson was part of the management team that dumped England out in the last 16.
For Robinson, who appeared on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, it's a case of keeping memories of the shock Euros exit eight years ago to mind ahead of the clash of the neighbours at the Aviva Stadium.
"The England team always travels with expectations of wins", he said.
"England are the higher ranked team in the FIFA rankings. With Hallgrimsson in charge of the Republic now, it's going to be a new look Republic as well.
"Let's not forget that he was in co-charge of Iceland when they beat England in Euro 2016 so he knows how to get one over on us."
While Hallgrimsson will look to put his mark on the Ireland side ahead of a more winnable game against Greece on Tuesday, Carsley is essentially auditioning for the full-time role with England.
Robinson says he hopes that whoever takes over full-time from Gareth Southgate will aim to allow the Three Lions to be more creative up front.
"He'll do it his own way, much the same way Arne Slot has gone into Liverpool and made slight adjustments - but not too many," the former England goalkeeper said of Carsley.
"He's got a real opportunity, as the interim manager, to get the manager's job like Gareth Southgate did. When you look at the candidates out there at the moment for the England manager's job, there's not that many that are unemployed or available to take the job.
"It's a huge opportunity for somebody. He's the man in possession at the moment and it's up to him to show what he can do.
"I don't think he'll rip it all up or change the captaincy. He'll possibly hand out a couple of new caps. He's brought in Angel Gomes, Tino Livramento; Morgan Gibbs-White has come into the side.
"There's opportunity for change. I think we'll see a more attacking England. That was one of the criticisms of this England side throughout the Euros.
"He'll give the attacking third more a free role but I can't see wholesale changes.
"You look at Gareth's record and they've gone deep into four tournaments now. But with success comes expectation. It's now up to somebody to get this squad of players over the line.
"How many times do we look at the squad of players and say it's one of the best in Europe, if not the world? Then you see how the team played at the Euros.
"It's putting all those pieces of the jigsaw together to play in an attacking style like we see in the leagues. We see Harry Kane pressing high in the Bundesliga, we see all the players playing in the Premier League playing a high tempo game pressing from the front.
"We just haven't see that from the national side."
Watch Republic of Ireland v England in the UEFA Nations League on Saturday from 4pm on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player. Follow a live blog on rte.ie/sport and the RTÉ News app and listen to commentary on RTÉ Radio 1.
