Stephen O'Donnell reckons Scotland's World Cup qualification hopes haven't been blown off course by drawing their first two games - and insists the campaign will go down to the wire.
The national side fought back from a goal down in Tel Aviv to earn a 1-1 draw with Israel tonight, just days after coming from behind twice at Hampden to hold Austria 2-2.
It leaves Scotland four points adrift of Group F leaders Denmark, but Motherwell defender O'Donnell believes there's still more twists and turns to come in a competitive section.
Scotland now face minnows Faroe Islands on Wednesday night looking for their first win and Wishaw ace O'Donnell said: "I think you always look to win your games and only come the end of the campaign can you see if this is a missed opportunity.
"I certainly think being undefeated after the first two games is a positive start. We knew from the get go that this was a tight group.
“There’s not a lot between the teams and we have to make sure we don’t slip up badly.
"Going down again, it could have happened, but we came together and got the draw.
“We have a very tough game at Hampden off the back of a difficult journey, to hopefully get the three points and if we are sitting with five points at the end of the camp, there's a lot more positivity around.
“It's a positive start.
"Maybe we'd like to be in a better position but it’s certainly going to be a tight group and if anybody thought this wasn’t going to the wire, it certainly is."
On the night, Ryan Fraser's second half strike cancelled out Dor Peretz's long-range effort just before half-time to earn Scotland a point.
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