Goodwin: Bagging three points will put us on right track

Jim Goodwin believes St Mirren’s trip to Dingwall this afternoon is the club’s biggest game of the season so far.

Despite facing current league leaders Rangers in Paisley next weekend, the Buddies boss believes the chance to make it three wins on the bounce gives today’s clash with Ross County even more significance.

And he believes returning home with all three points this evening would put the Saints right on track as they look to bag that elusive top six spot this season.

Goodwin told Express Sport: “I’ve said to the lads this week that it’s actually our biggest game of the season so far.

“To go and try to win three games back-to-back in this league would be a great achievement for the group.

“That’s where our mindset is at, but we’ll give Ross County all the respect they deserve.

“We know they’ve got some very good players in their team that can cause us problems, but if we can apply ourselves in the same manner we have done in recent weeks then we give ourselves a good chance of carrying the run on.

“There’s two ways of looking at it - what the gap’s going to be like at the bottom end, or, if we win, we could go two points behind fourth place in the league.

“Most teams would be thinking ‘Let’s get the points needed to make sure we stay in the league’.

“We’re no different from any of those teams but, at the same time, we’ve got a target for top six.

“If we were able to get a win up at Ross County, then that would put us right on track for what we need in the first 11 games of the season.

“But we’re not getting overly carried away with the run we’re on.

“It’s really important for everybody to stay grounded and remember it took us a little bit of time to get that first win as well, albeit we’ve had two good victories.

“You’re only a couple of games away from a crisis and that’s the nature of the beast. That’s the industry we’re in.”

Goodwin, pictured, is pleased with how well his side have started to perform for entire matches, having stuttered early on in their Premiership campaign.

He hopes

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