Pressure mounts on Motherwell manager

MARK McGHEE has put faith in his faltering Motherwell players to get it right today when Ross County come to town.

The Lanarkshire side crashed to a 3-0 home defeat by Inverness Caledonian Thistle on Wednesday night, causing the Fir Park club to slump to second bottom of the Ladbrokes Premiership table.

Only one win in their last 10 games paints a worrying picture for the Well whose support voiced their discontent at full-time and on social media.

Ross County complete Motherwell’s home Highland double-header this afternoon. A victory for the hosts could take them up to eighth in the table and within touching distance of a top-six place, but equally a defeat could leave them tied bottom with Dundee, the side they will face next week in a crucial Dens Park fixture.

“You look at the results and they haven’t been good but we look behind that to the bigger picture and it’s not all been bad,” said the Motherwell manager. “What disappointed me most on Wednesday was that we didn’t come out fighting after we lost the opening goal. We just conceded and that was poor.

“So we want to go back to being the team which ran Celtic so close for 87 minutes at Parkhead. We know we’ve got it in us so it’s up to me and Faddy [assistant James McFadden] to bring that out and allow them to get back to their best.”

Meanwhile, Marcus Fraser is urging his Ross County team-mates to draw big positives from Wednesday night’s eventual 4-0 hammering by Celtic – and make it a watershed moment in the season.

“We have watched the game back and picked out the things that we can improve on, as well as where we did well. We have to take the positives and go and attack at Motherwell.”