When news of a call-up to the full Scotland squad reached his ears in March, Lennon Miller had designs on winning his first international cap. Instead, what ensued felt more like an international incident.
Sat in front of a table of microphones, the teenager learned a harsh early lesson in the importance of language and its use.
‘I’m obviously not going to go in and be the best player there, but I believe that I could maybe in a couple of months be the best player there,’ he told reporters at the time.
‘I think that’s how you need to think as a football player - you need to want to be the best.