Trai Hume has not given up hope on Euro 2024 qualification but accepts it is going to take a monumental effort from Northern Ireland.
Monday night's 1-0 defeat to Kazakhstan was a real body blow for Michael O'Neill's men ahead of September's double away trip to Slovenia and the return fixture with Kazakhs.
Hume knows that anything other than six points from that double-header will certainly mean their qualifying hopes are gone.