Alnwick enthralled with frenetic end to campaign

JAK ALNWICK is gearing up for an exciting end to the season with St Mirren. With four fixtures remaining, the Buddies are in eighth place in the Premiership, two points behind Dundee United.

Jim Goodwin’s squad will make the trip to Dingwall tonight to play Ross County with their sights set on finishing the best of the rest in the bottom half of the table.

Moreover, Saints have a Scottish Cup quarter-final against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park next Monday night and the 27-yearold goalkeeper is relishing it all.

He said: “We want to win every single game until the end of the season. We want that seventh spot, there is no doubt about that and we want to get into the semi-final and ultimately the final of the Scottish Cup.

“It is nice that we have a quarter-final to look forward to and some tough league games against teams fighting for survival. They are going to be lively games against teams scrapping for their lives, Ross County tonight being one of them.

“It is obviously a difficult place to go and a lot of teams have struggled. But we know what we are capable of.

“Now it is results-based between now and the end of the season and try to pick up as many points as possible for that seventh spot.”

Meanwhile, Staggies midfielder Harry Paton has backed Ross County to thrive under increasing end-of-season pressure.

With four post-split Premiership fixtures remaining, John Hughes’ side are in 10th place, three points ahead of bottom side Hamilton and one point ahead of Kilmarnock.

“Personally, I think I play a lot better when there is that kind of pressure on, where it is a cup final every week,” admitted Paton.

“You have to have a bit of desire and show that it’s all on the line.

“Some of the boys in the team are like that as well, where they do kind of excel in those pressure moments.

“St Mirren are a good football team and they have a lot threats going forward. But I think we are a good match, we can definitely play as well.”