Quinn adamant Ross County can continue striving for new heights
PAUL QUINN believes Ross County’s hunger to improve is fuelling another drive towards groundbreaking success. While some might view the Staggies as having hit a glass ceiling with top-six status and League Cup glory last season, the former Motherwell and Cardiff City defender reckons the story is far from complete.
Club captain Quinn, who returned last season from a brief and unsatisfying spell with Aberdeen, believes boardroom ambitions have mirrored right through the dressing room.
Preparing for the visit of St Johnstone, Quinn spelled out the mood within the Global Energy Stadium. He said: “As players, right through the squad, we want to better ourselves.
“That’s what this club has been about for however many years and that’s not going to change.
“The manager demands more, the chairman demands more, the fans demand more. But the players demand it, too – there’s nobody happy, ever, at standing still in football.
“Ross County are probably among the best examples of that ethos in football at the minute and we want to continue that.
“Among the boys, there is a feeling this is not a journey we’ve completed yet. There’s more to come.”
County took plaudits for their defiant displays at Ibrox and Tynecastle but, this weekend, are looking to return to the front foot and create more chances having drawn the last three games, netting just once in the last four.
Quinn said: “We deserved praise for not conceding at either of those two grounds, given the attacking threat both those teams pose.
“It is a good defensive unit we have developed on the training ground and brought it into play in the last two weeks.”
Quinn insists it will be no big step for County to re-adjust and aim to be the team on the front foot against Saints. He said: “We know what St Johnstone are about. We know it will be totally different to Rangers and Hearts, but we go into the match with the same principles – we don’t want to concede and we want to score.
“We will go out looking for a clean sheet and to play well, but ultimately we want to score goals.”