It's important not to get hung up on the notion that everyone who has an injury is trying to dodge it.
What I want is players who are 100 per cent committed.
I have to get used to international management. The players will go back to their clubs, they will all be playing at the weekend, they will all be thinking about other things.
It is my job to work with the players we have and try to improve them as a team and move the country forward.
With a club team you do get to work with them day in, day out, for weeks.
It's lovely being back in the west of Scotland, really nice.
I can assure you I'll be working very hard with the Tartan Army.
I will miss the day to day stuff because I love coaching. I love being out on the pitch.
It should be the pinnacle of any players' career to get to a World Cup Finals with their country.
I won't be chasing down players who have retired. I only want players who are 100% committed to Scotland.
In my time at Kilmarnock, I'm sorry I didn't win you a trophy but I stand here in front of three stands of Kilmarnock supporters - that is my trophy.
If people are coming in in dribs and drabs, it doesn't look good. You have to have standards and have rules to adhere to. If you have that then it carries on into the training.
At Kilmarnock we are all inclusive, there are no divides.
We had a black and white telly in the corner of the room that had three channels. There was nothing to keep you around the house. It was a different time.
My father was my No.1 influence, long before him actually being involved with my youth team.
When I was little I got to dribble the ball around while my older brother Paul, who played for a long time for Kilmarnock, my dad and my uncle Jimmy - who was at Celtic as a kid and played with Morton and Cambridge City - kicked it hard and I got punted out the way. But gradually I got allowed into the game.
