That’ says Kettlewell

Better, it’s as simple as

ROSS County co-manager Stuart Kettlewell insists they have no time to feel s or r y f or themselves f o l l o w i n g S a t u r d a y ’s chastening 6-0 loss to Celtic at Parkhead.

The Staggies suffered their heaviest Premiership defeat at the hands of the Hoops, bringing the newly-promoted Dingwall men back down to earth following a fine start to the campaign.

County are on the road once again when they face Hibernian at Easter Road on Saturday, before hosting Rangers next Wednesday.

Kettlewell says his players cannot dwell on their Parkhead thrashing, and said: “We have to use it as a learning tool going forward.

“As much as it hurt on Saturday, our professional pride was seriously dented, from our perspective this doesn’t set us off track of what we are trying to achieve.

“We wanted to come and play at this level, and we now have to rectify this.

“We have been on a rich vein of form, four games unbeaten which is always positive, so it’s really important we don’t get too carried away with the negative message that comes across.

“But we are going to have to learn a harsh lesson from this.

“It doesn’t get any easier but we have to become better, it’s as simple as that.”

Despite Celtic boss Neil Lennon describing the victory as the most complete performance since he returned as Hoops boss in February, Kettlewell was far from pleased with his own side’s contribution, adding: “You always tip your hat to good play but there were so many factors that were unacceptable.

“It doesn’t matter that we were coming to the toughest venue in the country, it’s not acceptable to lose a game 6-0.”