Hull City midfielder Robert Snodgrass has insisted that he is taking nothing for granted when he joins up with Scotland for their upcoming friendly double-header.
Gordon Strachan's side will take on Czech Republic and Denmark over the international break, with Snodgrass hoping to make his first appearance for his country since November 2013 following a lengthy spell on the sidelines through injury.
The 15-time international is joined in the squad by 10 uncapped players, but he still believes that he will have a point to prove to the manager.
"You are always at square one, every time you meet up with Scotland. It doesn't matter what you have done in the past, I don't think it guarantees you anything. The manager is still shouting at me anyway. But the game is always changing," Snodgrass is quoted as saying by PA.
"The manager has an image of the way he wants to see Scotland play and we have started to change that slowly but surely. And we just fell short of qualifying. I need to give him a headache. I need to perform at a level that I feel as if I have done over the last five or six weeks.
"I feel as if I am back to where I was. Right now I don't feel as if that is good enough. I want to kick on again. I have put these long hours of rehab in to kick on again. I want to be a better player and you are always learning. I learned something on the training ground today, just being back with the manager and staff and all the players. And he is trying to adapt my game."
Scotland take on Czech Republic in Prague on Thursday before hosting Denmark on Tuesday.
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