Lindsay hoping for home comforts against Turkey

"I'm relatively local to here and spent a lot of my career here, so I'm well at home and looking forward to leading the team out here. My full focus has been on Switzerland and Turkey, I've not thought further ahead than that. I have a lot of work to do for these two games. Whatever happens after that, happens."

"I thought our girls acquitted themselves really well, I was pleased with their out of possession work and yes, we didn't have that much possession, but we limited Switzerland to very few chances and we stayed in the game until that second goal and we take huge positives from that. We have work to do in our in possession, but Rome wasn't built in a day and we'll keep working on that and show what we can do on the ball."

"We want to be positive, go and attack teams and hopefully we can show that on Saturday and get the first points on the board."

Kris Lindsay, Northern Ireland's interim manager, returns to Mourneview Park where he spent six seasons as a player and worked as a first-team coach. Lindsay focuses entirely on upcoming matches against Switzerland and Turkey, declining to discuss his future beyond Saturday's game. Northern Ireland lost their opening qualifier 2-0 to Switzerland but performed defensively well, limiting chances. Turkey won 3-0 against Malta and maintains an unbeaten streak of six games. Lindsay acknowledges defensive strengths but emphasizes the need for improved attacking play and possession quality. Winger Lauren Wade describes the Turkey match as crucial for playoff qualification prospects early in the campaign.

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