Point is not lost on Stu
Stuart Kettlewell walked into a gutted Ross County dressing-room and pleaded with his players to keep some perspective.
The Staggies sit in second place but left Tynecastle feeling like they’d lost after dominating the game.
Co-manager Ketts said: “That shows you the strides we’ve made over the past year that it feels like two points dropped rather than one earned.
“To come to a place like this and be frustrated tells you a story. Anyone could see we deserved to win that. Our organisation was terrific but we just lacked that bit of end product.
“When it comes to the penalty, you think that’s the moment that’s going to swing it in your favour.
“Unfortunately Brian misses it, these things can happen. We are all in this together. We couldn’t be more proud of them off the back of several good results before it so there’s no negative spin on this for us.
“We need to put this into perspective. I said to them before the game we’ve been going for pretty much a year when everyone expects us to win every single game.
‘This was flipped on its head and we’re not expected to get anything coming here, we needed to deal with that emotion of not being favourites.”
Veteran winger Michael Gardyne admits County are flying.
He said: “It’s early doors but we’re brimming with confidence just now.
“We won our Betfred Cup games, won the first game of the season and we could have got a result here.
“We’re gutted we didn’t get the win today.
“We’ve got our own targets. People say the top five picks itself and there’s maybe one spot up for grabs in the top six.”