No panic at Ross County over lack of goals in Scottish Premiership
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Ross County manager Stuart Kettlewell is not overreacting because his side have gone four Premiership matches without scoring.
Iain Vigurs was the last man to find the net in the Premiership for the Staggies, in a 1–0 win away at St Johnstone on September 19.
Since then, County have earned just a single point, in a stalemate at home against Hibernian.
While Kettlewell would like to see his side scoring more often, he can take encouragement that County are getting in threatening positions in matches.
“Of course it’s a concern, we don’t want to be going four games without scoring a goal,” he explained.
“But I would be more concerned if we didn’t create any chances in these games, and we definitely have.
“We will look to create these chances again on Saturday, and if it falls to any of the guys we believe are a goal threat, we put our full trust in them.
“If we talk about it too much and create a massive issue about it, that will probably ensure they don’t hit the back of the net.
“From my point of view we want to get them out on the pitch and starting to recreate these opportunities.
“If we get their percentages up, by hitting the target and working the goalkeeper, from that they will start scoring goals again.”
On that front, confidence is key, and Kettlewell will be focusing on building his players back up after last week’s drubbing at Motherwell ahead of a trip to Dundee United on Saturday.
“I think the players knew where they came up short last week, and knew the four individual errors that led to goals,” Kettlewell added.
“From my point of view it’s about breeding confidence in training, getting back in possession of a ball and feeling good about ourselves.
“It’s maybe a little bit old school in the approach on the training pitch, but sometimes that slight mix-up can have an effect on the players, and I hope it does this week.”
