Staunton is without 14 players, 11 of whom have dropped out of his original 23-man squad, 10 through injury and with another suspended.

With so many problems for Staunton to contend with, his team may fold as they did during Saturday’s 5-2 humiliation to Cyprus, or they will come out fighting.

Rosicky, who made his international debut at Lansdowne Road six years ago in a 3-2 defeat, is expecting the latter.

“We are waiting for a tough game,” said Rosicky, signed by Arsenal over the summer for £6.8m (€10.1m) from Borussia Dortmund.

“We’ve played three games in this group so far, but this will be our toughest match, primarily because it is their first at home and they will want to show the fans their campaign is not over.

“They still have a number of quality players like Robbie Keane. They are strong offensively, and they will play to win.

“I expect them to be strong, fast, and play like a typical Irish football team.

“Myself and Milan Baros know about this, so we have to prepare our team-mates who might not know about this type of game.

“But we know they were not very strong defensively against Cyprus on Saturday, and we will have to take advantage of that.”

A fourth successive win in the group, and a third straight defeat for Ireland, could prove decisive for both teams.

Rosicky, though, feels matters will be far from decided, adding: “If we win it will be a good start to our qualifying campaign.

“But as the coach (Karol Bruckner) has told us, there are still a lot of matches to go.”

The Czech Republic remain intent on banishing the memory of their poor display at the World Cup in Germany over the summer, when they failed to reach the knockout stages.

“The World Cup was disappointing for us,” recalled Rosicky.

“But as we have shown so far with our performances in this group, we are a strong team, and we want to show that again tomorrow.”

Unlike Staunton, Bruckner has no injury worries to contend with and is poised to name an unchanged line-up following Saturday’s 7-0 win over San Marino.

When asked whether he had a message of encouragement for Ireland’s rookie boss Staunton, Bruckner replied: “These things happen. It (the job) is quite difficult.

“I sincerely wish him good luck, but after tomorrow’s match.”

After watching the Czechs at the World Cup, Staunton knows they are a strong team, but believes they can be rattled if his side play ’aggressively’.

“They play a system they are very familiar with,” said Staunton.

“They are more or less a club team as we were under Jack Charlton in that they’ve the same players, and they know each other inside out.

“But they had a disappointing World Cup. I saw them play against Italy, and although they lost, they were the better side on the day.

“I think if they had come through the group stages then they could have gone on and won it. From their point of view, they were very disappointed.

“We know they are a top-class side, with top-class players, but they do not like the aggressive side of the Irish nature, and we have to show them that tomorrow.”