Enoch confident of Bairns success

05 March 2010 17:00
Showunmi made his international debut for Nigeria against the Republic of Ireland in 2004 and he will not be overawed when facing the on-loan Tottenham striker in the SPL.[LNB]"I played against Robbie Keane for Nigeria against Ireland a few years ago," Showunmi said.[LNB]"Nigeria won 3-0 so the same again would be good![LNB]"He is a brilliant player and played in the Premier League for x amount of years and scored a lot of goals.[LNB]"He is a quality player but it's 11 against 11 and one man can't win a game, so we'll be confident in our own ability and what we can do in the game."[LNB]Celtic could go into the match 13 points behind Rangers but Showunmi is experienced enough to know his team must focus on their own game and not the SPL title race.[LNB]"There is a lot of pressure on Celtic," the 27-year-old said.[LNB]"They lost the Old Firm game last Sunday so they will be a wounded animal and will want to put that right and obviously try and get closer to Rangers.[LNB]"Everyone will be expecting Celtic to beat us so we can just go out and play our game[LNB]We need to go out there with the belief we can beat Celtic. We need to get more points as well."[LNB]Showunmi knows all about pressure, having played for Leeds for 18 months in their quest to bounce back from the third tier of English football.[LNB]So he feels he has the mentality to help Falkirk get off the bottom of the SPL.[LNB]"With the set-up and history of Leeds - in 2001 they were in the Champions League semi-final - the fans demanded that promotion was the be-all and end-all," the former Bristol City and Luton player said.[LNB]"I went to the club on the back of playing for two other teams that were promoted out of that league and I felt confident in my ability to get Leeds out the division.[LNB]"Unfortunately, it didn't go to plan. I started a few games - not as many as I would have liked - then I had an illness that kept me out for six months.[LNB]"That season, they get knocked out in the play-offs but I couldn't help them anyway.[LNB]"Playing for a team like Leeds, everyone comes out in League One and tries to beat you, obviously with the prestige of playing at Elland Road where you have 30,000 fans. Teams can raise their games.[LNB]"Here, it's a little bit different where you are battling for points. But you need the same mentality, you need to win games to either avoid relegation or win promotion.[LNB]"We need to have belief in our ability and go out there and play our game, and pick up points most importantly of all."[LNB][LNB] Celtic 4/11, Draw 10/3, Falkirk 7/1  

Source: Team_Talk