Roy Hodgson says he'll be going out for three positive results when England's World Cup group games get under way - and he believes he has the players to do it.
The Three Lions have lost just three times in 28 matches under Hodgson, scoring 56 and conceding only 23.
They qualified for the World Cup without loss and during their run-in to the World Cup this year they have been unbeaten in all four warm-up games.
Jordan Henderson wins his eleventh cap against Honduras
Now, though, comes the serious business, and the first of three Group D games is against Italy in Manaus, followed by fixtures with Uruguay and Costa Rica.
And Hodgson, whose team arrived in Rio on Sunday, hopes whoever he picks on Saturday will justify their selection.
"These three games coming up are three games you've got as a guarantee and you have to get results in them," said Hodgson.
"We do have options, it's not an obvious eleven with eleven covering players - there are options, we can change things and there are players who could quite happily go in and do a similar job to another player who has been selected.
"All you can do is hope that the players who you show confidence in and give a chance to that they step up and perform."
One player Hodgson has given a chance to is Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson, who a year ago was playing for the Under-21s in their unsuccessful European Championship campaign in Israel. However, he went on to be become a virtual ever-present at Anfield as the Reds finished second in the Premier League.
The 23-year-old has started in three of the last four games for England, chalking up his eleventh appearance, and is pushing for a place against the Italians.
But Hodgson believes he has lots of options and is not prepared to give their opponents an advantage by showing his hand to early.
"Jordan's doing well, doing very well," admitted the boss. "The idea of taking a squad of players is to not take 23 very similar players, you want players who can give you something different.
Lambert and Rooney netted against Ecuador
"Jordan's energy, Jordan's desire to get around the field, to get up to the ball to get tackles in, of course that's something we'll find a lot of use for.
"But on the other hand hopefully we'll find a use for the Barkleys, the Lallanas, the Raheem Sterlings who do something different as well."
And with attacking players such as those available to Hodgson, along with Daniel Sturridge, Danny Welbeck, Wayne Rooney and Rickie Lambert, he says he'll be keen to take the game to the Italians.
Hodgson said: "We've certainly been on the front foot in all the games so far, that's for sure. But maybe Italy will make it harder for us to get on the front foot, but I can't possible be accused, in the three warm-up games, of not being on the front foot.
"It's five goals in three games; three against Peru, two against Ecuador and we didn't score against Honduras, but it would be very sad to start casting aspersions."
He added: "Sturridge is an absolute out and out goalscorer, I think Lambert is too, then of course we've got the Rooneys, the Welbecks, the Gerrards, Lampards, so I don't think we're short of firepower."
