Mick McCarthy thinks Georgia will be confident of beating a Republic of Ireland side that laboured to a 1-0 win against Gibraltar on Saturday.
A Jeff Hendrick goal proved decisive as Ireland at least made a winning start to their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign at Victoria Stadium.
But Ireland created little else in a disappointing performance in what was McCarthy's first game in his second spell in charge.
"I pretty much hated every minute of that," he said afterwards.
"I knew what it would be like. We were never going to complain about the pitch. The wind was blowing a gale. We didn't play particularly well. We had chances, one or two in the first half. Darren Randolph was probably man of the match.
"I was asked earlier on about gaining momentum and I can only gain momentum by winning games. I would have taken 1-0. I wanted to score more and play better but we have three points."
McCarthy's team play Georgia, who lost 2-0 to Switzerland in their first qualifier, at the Aviva Stadium on Tuesday.
He added: "It is going to be a completely different game against a completely different team. Georgia lost and they will be looking to get some momentum against us. They will be watching that and think we are hopeless but we will play better than that."
Republic of Ireland are 1/2 to beat Georgia and 4/1 to win the match 1-0.
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Mick McCarthy thinks Georgia will be confident of beating a Republic of Ireland side that laboured to a 1-0 win against Gibraltar on Saturday.
A Jeff Hendrick goal proved decisive as Ireland at least made a winning start to their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign at Victoria Stadium.
But Ireland created little else in a disappointing performance in what was McCarthy's first game in his second spell in charge.
"I pretty much hated every minute of that," he said afterwards.
"I knew what it would be like. We were never going to complain about the pitch. The wind was blowing a gale. We didn't play particularly well. We had chances, one or two in the first half. Darren Randolph was probably man of the match.
"I was asked earlier on about gaining momentum and I can only gain momentum by winning games. I would have taken 1-0. I wanted to score more and play better but we have three points."
McCarthy's team play Georgia, who lost 2-0 to Switzerland in their first qualifier, at the Aviva Stadium on Tuesday.
He added: "It is going to be a completely different game against a completely different team. Georgia lost and they will be looking to get some momentum against us. They will be watching that and think we are hopeless but we will play better than that."
Republic of Ireland are 1/2 to beat Georgia and 4/1 to win the match 1-0.
Source: bet365.com