Doolan fitness fears

Kerr wants another gritty performance in Dingwall

“If I keep working hard in training it helps my game come on massively — I’m not good enough to go and have a few days off training because, come a Saturday, I’ll be miles off my game.

“I need to make sure I’m training every day, I’m trying to be the best I can be and even doing stuff after training will keep me improving.”

The mood around Dens has never been low despite the poor start to the season that left them bottom of the table before last Friday’s victory.

And, for Kerr, that’s testament to the characters they have.

He added: “Getting that win has lifted the place even more.

“Obviously, it was great to win on Friday and, hopefully, that can kick us on and help us in the games coming up. It’s key everyone stays on track especially at a tough place like Dingwall.

“We know the performances have been there but the results haven’t and there’s no hiding from that.

“It was kind of a gritty, determined performance against Rangers, something we’ve maybe not had.

“We’ve played well with the ball and not got anything but, defensively on Friday, we were good and Marko came up with a great couple of goals.

“The character in the dressingroom is great and it’s important we keep building on that.

“We’ve got that never-say-die attitude and that goes a long way — there’s not a lot of teams who have that in their ranks I think.” PARTICK Thistle manager Alan Archibald admits they will have to manage the fitness of Kris Doolan during a busy December schedule.

The striker has been struggling with a knee injury in recent weeks but came off the bench to hit an equaliser in Thistle’s most recent game, a 1-1 draw with Hearts.

The Firhill medical staff are working hard to ensure Doolan, who has scored more than 100 goals for the Jags, can play at l east some part in tomorrow’s visit of Hibs, which kicks off an eight-match run this month.

Archibald said: “He hasn’t trained a lot in the last four weeks and we are

Kris Doolan just trying to manage him physically. “Hopefully, he’ll be fine for tomorrow but it’s an ongoing problem. We are taking it day by day. “He only trained one day in the lead-up to the Hearts game.”