ROBBIE Savage might have labelled the Wales set-up under John Toshack as a "shambles" but you won't hear acrobatic goal-machine Robert Earnshaw making similar noises.

The West Brom striker, fresh from a hat-trick for his club at the weekend, was in buoyant mood last night ahead of Saturday's Millennium Stadium World Cup qualifier against Austria and he insists he will toe the party line amid wholesale changes in the squad.

"John Toshack (Wales manager) has got his way of doing things, so we will all stick together and just see how things develop," Earnshaw said.

"You get used to players changing in football, it happens all the time, you have different personnel and you get on with it.

"John has come in and made changes, things like the food and some other little things and there are people around the squad who have gone as well but you get used to things like that."

Earnshaw, the former Cardiff City front runner, admitted that losing a player of Savage's quality was a blow but he believes the squad can put the controversy to the back of their minds.

He said: "Of course he will be missed not just as a player but as a personality, there is no point in saying anything less.

"He is a good player but it is just another thing that we have to accept and get on with. "The manager has said that he would be left out and that is how it is going to be."

He added: "We have people who can step in and play in that role, as they proved in our last match which we won at home (against Hungary)."

"It was a bit weird really what happened because the players had not spoke to 'Sav' personally, we just saw and heard what he said on television and the radio.

"He wasn't happy with everything and he has handled it in his own way. He wants to be here but that is not the case."

Earnshaw is not going to grumble about the strictness of Toshack's regime, with diet orders, curfews and other heavy-handed ploys, described by Savage last week as being "back to the dark ages" but he did admit it was early days yet.

"I don't think we will know yet (how strict it is). I think it will be over the next year or so we will find out, we have only been together for a few days so far."

Meanwhile, Ryan Giggs could be forced to wear a protective mask on his face. Giggs has not played since breaking his nose in Manchester United's Champions League defeat to Milan on March 8.

But Toshack is confident Giggs will be fit to captain Wales and win his 50th cap. "He has had the nose set, has not trained but I'm sure he will be okay by the weekend," said Toshack ahead of his first competitive match in charge.

Giggs was set to captain Wales in last month's friendly at home to Hungary before injury forced him to miss the 2-0 win.