Captain says fight to keep Ross County in the Premiership is not won yet
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Iain Vigurs insists Ross County cannot afford to think the job is already done in their bid for Premiership survival.
The Staggies are in the driving seat after a 2–1 win over Hamilton on Wednesday night – a result which leaves Accies all but relegated.
Kilmarnock in the play-off spot, however, are three points behind County with a vastly superior goal difference going into their final day trip to Hamilton.
If Killie do not win, the Dingwall outfit finish the season in 10th. Similarly, if John Hughes’ men avoid defeat in their trip to Motherwell, they will definitely avoid a play-off.
So despite the jubilation of winning midweek and ensuring they could not go down automatically, Vigurs says there is still hard work to be done to get over the finishing line at Fir Park.
“The job is not done,” Vigurs said.
“We need at least a point, and the boys will be doing the same again – they will be giving everything against Motherwell.
“You always look to avoid automatic relegation, and we’ve done that.
“We’ve ticked that off the list now, and we just need to go again and get something again from Sunday.
“We’ll approach it the same way we would any other game – to win. You can’t go into a game trying to play for a draw, that’s when you get stuck.
“I don’t think it will be any different to any other game that we’ve played this season, we’ll go out looking to get a performance and get three points.”
Wednesday’s match was not short of drama in Dingwall.
Hamilton took the lead, but County managed to do what so many others have to them by equalising within minutes through Blair Spittal.
When Charlie Lakin put the Staggies ahead, Kilmarnock winning against St Mirren meant Hamilton were going down.
While Hamilton pushed for a lifeline, St Mirren got an equaliser at Rugby Park, giving them hope – albeit extremely faint hope.
The Staggies were visibly exhausted when the full time whistle went in Dingwall though, and Vigurs says they gave everything to hold on at the end.
“I think you could see in the first half that boys maybe played within themselves a little bit,” the Staggies skipper explained.
“We weren’t playing like we had done against Dundee United the week before.
“In the first half we weren’t at it, but in the second half, to a man, we all dug in.
“As the coaching staff were saying after the game, everyone put 110 per cent into that. Nobody came off that pitch feeling good, we were all knackered, but that’s what you need to win these games.
“Especially against Hamilton, they’ve got nothing to lose, they were just throwing everything at it in the last 10 minutes.
“It was a siege to be fair, but the boys held firm. It was a great win, and honestly it was much needed.”
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