Scotland begin their 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign against FYR Macedonia and Holland next month and Burley is quietly optimistic his troops can cause an upset or two.

"We haven't qualified for a major tournament for 10 years and people talk about friendlies, but we haven't won a friendly at Hampden in 12 years," he said.

"But I feel we have a good squad of players. We have had three good work-outs, where we have learned a lot. Now the World Cup qualifiers start.

"The biggest problem is getting my full team out but nevertheless we had some good workouts and that will stand us in good stead for the qualifiers.

"We are not inundated with world-class players, a lot of our key players have been missing and that's been our biggest headache. But we will give it our best shot."