A comment made by former star professional Shaun Goater is being used to inspire the Cayman Islands ahead of tomorrow's crucial World Cup qualifying clash at against Bermuda at the newly-refurbished Truman Bodden Complex.

Goater called the Cayman side 'no better than a pub team' after the first leg match ended in a 1-1 draw.

But Cayman coach Carl Brown is using that barb to inspire his players.

"I keep feeding to them what people think of them and it's something that we have to face across the Caribbean," said Brown in an interview conducted by Caymanian Compass reporter Ron Shillingford.

"If we are rated number 183 in the FIFA list then we really have no right to be competing with teams that are number 145. But that is on paper.

"It's not automatic that it works that way on the field. That's where all the decisions are made. Goater has his opinion and he has stated it. I don't believe that we can kill him, but it's for us to prove him wrong. And if they come short of what they're capable of doing they will be in for a big surprise."

Cyaman Sports Minister Alden McLaughlin, meanwhile, has predicted a 2–1 win for the home side.

Brown refuses to make a prediction.

"The players are the ones who do all the predictions out on the field and this is where it's at. All the talking will be done on the pitch."

The Caymanian report estimated that around 3,000 supporters "all dressed in red" will attend the game.

Having drawn 1–1 in the first leg, Cayman only need a 0–0 draw to go through.

A 1-1 draw would send the tie into extra-time and then if the game was all even, penalties would decide the outcome.

A 2-2 or 3-3 draw would mean Bermuda would advance on away goals.

Brown says he expects a tough game but knows his side are capable of going through. The technical director has analysed every aspect of Bermuda's game instead of focusing on individual players.

"The Bermudian team as a whole is what I've been focusing on. We saw a Bermudian team which was very good in the first leg," he said.

"I believe the coach had a right to be coming down on them because they probably let us off the hook in that first game. It's about the movement of all their players. Their mobility is very good and they have good speed.

"The introduction of Khano Smith from the New England Revolution will add some power to their left midfield. He's their only franchise player and is coming back to them so we'll definitely have to play a lot more attention to him.

"He has been doing very well in Major League Soccer in the last four or five years. We are pretty conscious on what we have to do and we've worked hard towards that."

Brown denied that he was not singling out Bermuda's danger men for tactical reasons. "It's just that I'm concentrating on the entire team. They work strong as a unit. I don't believe there are brilliant individual players, they just play well as a unit.

"Their pace from midfield and inter–changing of players from right back, inside midfielders, centre backs … all very good, that's why I'm concentrating on the whole team and not so much individuals. I believe that if they have a change of personnel, they'll still play the same way against us. It's about what we need to do to stop them from dominating against us, particularly in the midfield like they did in the first game."