Watch best of Scotland's draw in Denmark
As ever, Steve Clarke was heroically deadpan, talking up his team's honesty and work-rate in securing a valuable World Cup qualification point against Denmark in Copenhagen, but only going so far.
Clarke does praise, but in moderation. He approaches such things with suspicion. He can smell hype at a thousand paces. He salutes his players for their endeavour and their pride, but perspective is never far away when he's around.
He smiled - we think - at a promising start to Scotland's bid to make a first World Cup since 1998. He said nothing of the potential psychology of the night, but it was obvious.
In taking a point from the Parken, Scotland have damaged one of their two main rivals in the group. In what is more of a sprint than a marathon - six games all told - they've already put Denmark on the back foot.
