Charlie Nicholas insists the Tartan Army must stop making Billy Gilmour out to be a Scotland saviour.
And the former Celtic hero believes the Chelsea kid won't be the difference between heading out for the 2022 World Cup and sitting on our sofas.
Gilmour looked a class act in the 1-0 win over Moldova and although the Chelsea star fluffed his lines in front of goal in the second half he certainly wasn't the only one in Steve Clarke's side to pass up a big chance.
But ahead of a massive clash against Austria — in which a win could revive our hopes of at least a second-placed play-off finish — Nicholas insists he's no goalscorer, and nor is he the most creative outlet in the team.
Instead he's claimed Gilmour's job is just "to make passes" and so fans should stop putting him on a pedestal.
Writing in his Daily Express column, Nicholas said: "People should stop making out that Billy Gilmour is going to be the big difference for Scotland and that he'll drag us to Qatar 2022.
"Gilmour is a very talented young man but, in the midfield position he plays, his job is to make passes.
"He isn't a goalscorer and he doesn't create a lot of chances. He keeps the team fluent.
"Gilmour isn't faultless. There were a lot of stray passes in the last two qualifiers against Denmark and Moldova. It is not that he is naive, he is still a young player learning his trade."
Nicholas insists Franco Foda's side are there for the taking after a 5-2 bruising in Israel.
But he lashed out against Clarke's tactics, claiming a tendency to sit back sends him loopy.
He added: "We can't afford to lose in Austria but I don't have a good feeling going into tonight's game. Steve Clarke's defensive approach drives me nuts.
"I have been pretty positive towards the manager most of the time. But we are now getting into the deep end of this qualifying campaign and it is time to take some sort of a scalp.
"The only way we are going to do that is by attacking teams rather than sitting back and being defensive-minded.
"We have to get our full-backs up the pitch and get forward. We mustn't sit so deep in Vienna that we can't get on the ball.
"Remember, Austria lost five goals to Israel at the weekend so there must be a real chance we can upset them.
"They will be nervous - so why not really test them?
"This is a game where Clarke and his team need to prove a point."
