Jordan White hopes Ross County will be galvanised into a reaction when they travel to Livingston in the Premiership today.
The Staggies are aiming to bounce back from a chastening 5-0 home defeat to Motherwell in midweek.
Malky Mackay’s men have dropped to 11th in the table, three points above bottom side Dundee United.
Having recovered from a slow start to last season before going on to finish in the top-six, forward White knows his side is capable of turning it around.
White insists there is no better time to act than now, as the Staggies aim to add to their solitary win from their opening nine league matches.
He said: “Sometimes there’s a bit of realisation when something like that happens.
“On the whole, it has probably been the last two second halves of football.
“Whilst it wasn’t good and we weren’t happy with how we did, it’s not been like that the full season.
“We’ve just got to take a deep breath, calm ourselves down and go again.
“We know we’ve got the ability to do it.
“There’s always time to turn it around. At the same time, because it happened last year we can’t wait for it to happen this year.
“We’ve got to go and do it ourselves. Everything we are saying in the meetings needs to be taken on to the pitch. We can’t just talk about it, we need to act on it.”
White eager for Staggies to get on front foot
In suffering back-to-back defeats against Hibernian and Motherwell, County have remained firmly in both matches at half-time before turning in poor second half displays.
White believes an early breakthrough could provide his side with the timely boost they require.
He added: “There’s maybe just a bit of fragility in the confidence at the moment.
“We will get there. We have got a strong group that believes in each other.
“Goals change games. When Motherwell got the penalty the other night I thought it was against the run of play at that time.
“That just gave them a foothold in the game.
“In this league, the first goal is very important.
“A lot of teams will be hard to break down after you score, while other teams will be anxious and throw more bodies forward.
“At the moment we are not getting the first goal, and if we can do that we will put the onus on the other team to come out and try to get back into the game.
“If we do that, I think we can definitely go on from there.”
White knows all about former side
White will revisit a former club when the Staggies make the trip to Livi this weekend.
The 30-year-old expects a testing encounter against David Martindale’s men at Almondvale.
He added: “First and foremost it’s going to be a battle as it always is. They are good at it, they do it well.
“They have been good at home as well this season, so nobody thinks it’s going to be an easy game.
“We’ve got to try and win our individual battles first. Hopefully within that we can maybe get ahead in the game and see it out.”
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