Carla Ward has vowed to "calm the chaos" and coax the best out of her Republic of Ireland players ahead of tomorrow evening's Nations League clash against Slovenia.
Five players missed training on Sunday after Ireland touched down in the city of Koper, while Leanne Kiernan didn't travel, failing to recover from a calf injury. The Liverpool striker has not been replaced in the squad.
Ward is confident she has the depth to find solutions to a lack of creativity that was evident during Friday's laboured 1-0 win against Turkey, and expects Slovenia's more technical approach to actually help her side execute their own game plan.
"I have a very clear way of playing, the players can see that. It's trying to continue getting those messages in but we are going to try and look at something that will allow us to create more because we didn't create enough (against Turkey).
"We looked at it, five shots in the first half, none in the second. That's an area that we've focused a lot of our work on the last couple of days both on and off the pitch."
The Slovenians started their campaign with a 2-1 win in Greece. On paper, they are the toughest opponents Ireland will face in League B Group 2, an outfit capable of keeping the ball for long spells.
"Slovenia are a top side," added Ward. "Their age groups are showing that, every single age group is improving in their rankings. The first team are no different. They're a good side, they've got players with Champions League experience.
"But if I'm honest I think this type of game will be better than the game against Turkey. Why? Because you've got two teams who want to play fotball. There will be spaces that open up which naturally makes for a better game. It'll be a very different game but it will be a tough game because they've got an abundance of quality."
Ward is still settling into the gig having replaced Eileen Gleeson last month. The victory over Turkey was far from perfect, with Ireland guilty of some sloppy passing and decision-making, albeit on a surface that cut up badly after Shamrock Rovers' game against Molde the previous night.
However the message has been positive the last few days. There was a skittishness to Ireland's play, a nerviness at times, but Ward is not overly concerned by it.
"That's because there's such a pride playing for the Irish national team," she said. "You can feel that. I felt it, I openly admitted it to the girls, you get a bit of nerves before the game but that's OK. Like I said it's our job to really breed an air of confidence and belief into players. They love wearing the jersey.
"It's my job to get these guys to believe. Like I keep saying, they're good footballers, good people, we want to make sure that they feel comfortable, confident.
"We dominated the ball, we dominated every stat and I think it's important that we can continue to talk about those moments because the more they can believe they can take the ball, that they can play, that they have our backing, that if they make mistakes then that's okay... it's my job to try and calm that chaos.
"It's something we've done a bit of work on in the last couple of days."
