Darren Fletcher will draw on inspiration from the likes of Roy Keane and Gary Neville when he captains Scotland in Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Norway.

The Manchester United midfielder will lead out the national team for the fourth time in the absence of injured skipper Barry Ferguson and suspended vice-captain Stephen McManus.

Although plenty of inspirational figures have donned the armband for Scotland over the years, Fletcher admits he is most likely to be influenced by his peers both past and present at Old Trafford.

However, the 24-year-old is also determined to make his own mark as he attempts to take the Scots another step closer to South Africa.

Fletcher said: "There are a number of experienced players at our club and in the international team as well - but especially at the club because you are with them day in day out.

"We've got a lot of experienced players who have won a lot of things and you learn different things from different types of characters.

"But I'll be my own man and I'll enjoy it on Saturday.

"The role of the captain is to lead the team but we have a lot of leaders in the dressing room.

"The most important thing is that we have a lot of choice, we've got a lot of leaders, we've got a lot of voices on the pitch.

"I'll go out there and give it my best and get the team up for the game and try to lead by example.

"If anything goes wrong on the pitch, sometimes you have to take responsibility and maybe change something.

"It's hard sometimes, the manager can obviously change things but, as a captain, if you see something going wrong then, on the pitch, you have to take that responsibility."

Asked whether his forte will be organisation or vocal encouragement when he wears the armband, Fletcher added: "A bit of both. I'll shout on the pitch, I've always done that.

"I'll try to help people when they've got the ball and if we need lifting, I'll shout to help lift them.

"And hopefully I will lead by example as well. I think that's the most important one.

"If you go out on the pitch and lead by example and show what to do, hopefully the players will follow.

"You can't say to yourself what type of character you are, that's for other people to make judgement.

"But the people who make the judgement will be the manager and the players on the pitch.

"I don't know how you can make a judgement on a captain from the stand because you can't hear anybody shouting.

"It's down to the players and that's who I'm looking to inspire."

Being captain will mean more responsibility but, as a United player, Fletcher believes he is always under pressure to provide something extra anyway.

"Maybe people do expect more but it's not a problem to me," he said.

"It will give me a challenge to raise my game and answer those calls. It's something I look forward to.

"Playing for Manchester United, sometimes these expectations do come but you have to deal with that every week at Manchester United and it's no different with Scotland.

"The Scotland fans expect a lot from us and rightly so because we have been progressing over the last couple of years and we're looking to get to the next stage, which is qualifying for a major competition.

"The fans, the squad, the manager all want that to happen."

Scotland are determined to take full advantage of their first home game by putting another three points on the board following a defeat and a win against Macedonia and Iceland, respectively.

"They are all massive games, they are all must-wins," said Fletcher.

"If we don't win the game, the group is not over and there is still a lot to play for.

"But we want to win every game we play in and it's no different on Saturday against Norway.

"We will have a full Hampden and all the boys are thinking about one thing: winning the match."