Iceland are a well-organised side but they lack quality and, if England cannot beat them in Nice on Monday, then we deserve to go home.
We are going to have to be careful with Aron Gunnarsson's long throws and their other set-plays, because they are a big side and they are good at them.
They will pack their defence too but, if we play the same way we did in all three of our group games at Euro 2016, I think we will win and reach the quarter-finals.
What we don't want is a situation where we are desperately trying to push forward to break them down, lose our shape and get done on the counter-attack.
That is what Iceland have done so well in France - they do not create much but they have the highest shot-conversion rate of any team here.
We will have to stay focused at the back and be patient, but we are going to dominate possession and we will be able to open them up - I am certain of that.
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