‘Well boss Mark McGhee admits that Saturday’s clash with Partick Thistle “can’t come quick enough” on the back of an impressive victory last weekend.
The Steelmen notched a 4-2 victory over Hamilton at Fir Park on Saturday but now face a tough trip to Firhill Stadium in the Ladbrokes Premiership.
Speaking to the press this morning, the manager explained that his side will expect a difficult game, but he is hopeful of another big three points.
He said: “When you get a result like we did last week in an important game like that, the next game can’t come quick enough.
“It’s always an opportunity – when you win one game then another it always accelerates your progress.”
He added: “It’ll be a difficult game and I say this all the time, even with the Hamilton game where we played very well in the first half, they were just as good as us in the second half.
[pullquote]What we do have is a bit of confidence going in to it on the back of last week and hopefully that can get us another result which would be great.[/pullquote]
“It was the same with Ross County the week before and Dundee the week before that and I’m sure it will be the same with Thistle – there won’t be much between us.
“On the day you can suddenly gel and get the half-hour that we got on Saturday or you get one player that plays exceptionally well and they have players that can play exceptionally well on the day as well.
“What we do have is a bit of confidence going in to it on the back of last week and hopefully that can get us another result which would be great.”
McGhee knows that Partick can threaten any team in the league on their day, and added that their slow start to the season isn’t worth paying attention to.
He said: “They have good attacking options, they have good movement, they have a variety of abilities and skills and pace, they have a bit of football as well.
“They can be a good team on their day so we have to go there expecting the best Partick Thistle.”
[pullquote]We’re not here to entertain by passing, we’re here to entertain by scoring. Yes, we passed the ball well but we passed it with a purpose and that’s the most important thing.[/pullquote]
The Steelmen gained their fair share of plaudits last weekend, especially during a first half of attractive football.
He said: “We’re not here to entertain by passing, we’re here to entertain by scoring. Yes, we passed the ball well but we passed it with a purpose and that’s the most important thing.
“We passed it going forward, we passed it to make chances, we passed it to get in to areas of the pitch that would allow us to make opportunities and that’s the important thing.”
When asked about any developments regarding team news, the manager explained: “Lee Lucas had a game at the beginning of the week and so did Luka Belić, so they’re getting closer to being ones that I would trust to put on.
“Kieran Kennedy and Jacob Blyth are training this morning but it’s the first they’ve trained with us since they’ve been out so they’ve got a wee bit to go yet before they’ll be included.”