GORDON STRACHAN has promised Scotland supporters that his team will go for a win over Poland at Hampden tonight - even if Ireland are losing.

A point could be a good enough result if the Republic lose to world champions Germany in Dublin and if, as expected, the Scots beat Gibraltar on Sunday and then the Irish fail to take a point from Poland in the final round of fixtures in this European Championship qualifiers.

Strachan more than once stated that not one of his coaching staff would have even half an eye on what is happening in the other game and instead would concentrate solely on the biggest match of his time as Scotland manager.

And no matter how things panned out, Scotland's plan is to get three points.

Strachan said: "There are so many permutations to this. Let's just go for the win, eh.

"There’s an excitement. I always try to figure out how I’ll feel,win, draw or lose. I’m going through all these emotions at the moment.

"What we have to deal with is a big game and a full house. I’m delighted that we have a full house.

"And I don’t know how big it will be, win lose or draw until after the game. But I know it’s important. I know everybody’s excited about it – so that’s a plus."

Asked whether the game-plan would change if his side were drawing with Poland and the result in Ireland was going Scotland's way, Strachan said: "I can’t say, but my thought is this – win the game.

"It might be like the Wales v England rugby match. I watched that but when England had that decision to make I didn’t know what power they had in their locker. I just thought it was exciting, that’s for sure."

Strachan would not talk about what would happen regarding his own position if Scotland lose tomorrow and their hopes of qualification for France next summer are gone.

He said: "My future? My future’s quite healthy, thank you. I’ve no idea. As I said before, let’s get this out of the way and we’ll have a look at it after that.

"I'm looking forward to the game. I didn’t look forward to relegation battles. It’s a horrible time for any manager or player.

" When we beat Spurs at Coventry there was Gary McAllister and me and he was crying. He’s 30-odd years old and that’s how it gets to you. They weren’t tears of joy. It was tears of relief.

"That was nothing like this. This is a good challenge. I’m looking forward to it."

Strachan did admit that he expected to be in a better position by now given his team's strong start to the campaign.

He said: "I thought we were progressing nicely enough that we would have been a couple of points ahead.

"I’m not disappointed with what the players have done in terms of performance and all the rest of it. I’m just disappointed that we’re a couple of points behind where I thought we might have been."