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Naismith primed for news from Hamilton if County defeat Saints

Derek McInnes was keen to sign Jason Naismith from Ross County.
Derek McInnes was keen to sign Jason Naismith from Ross County.

Should Ross County defeat St Johnstone today, Jason Naismith will waste no time in finding the nearest television to find out if results elsewhere have moved the Staggies off the foot of the Premiership.

The Staggies are two points adrift of second-bottom Hamilton Accies ahead of the trip to McDiarmid Park, which is the first of 11 games remaining in their bid to avoid relegation.

If County win in Perth, a victory for either side in Accies’ game against 10th-placed Partick Thistle would move County off bottom spot, as the Dingwall men have a superior goal difference to the Jags who are three points ahead.

Naismith will be eagerly awaiting news from Lanarkshire but only once his side has taken care of its own business.

The 23-year-old said: “It’s just natural – as soon as our game finishes on Saturday we will be sitting watching Jeff Stelling and the boys to see what the results are.

“It’s just the way it is. It will always be the same.

“Hopefully we will get a result against St Johnstone, and I will then be watching their game against Rangers, but we just need to get points on the board.

“You can talk about games in hand but they need to go and win them.

“They can definitely be dragged into it. We need to get it into our minds that we want to drag as many teams into it as we can.

“If we win on Saturday they’ve then got a tough game in midweek against Rangers, which is one of their games in hand.

“We need to look to win on Saturday, it’s as simple as that. We need to treat every game as a cup final, just taking them as singular games.

“If we win more of them than we lose, hopefully that will see us with enough.”

With the Staggies having returned to form with four points from their six in their last two games, Naismith reckons other teams will be increasingly wary of Owen Coyle’s men.

The former St Mirren player added: “We’ve got nothing to lose, we are bottom of the league but we’ve got them to catch.

“I’ve been on the opposite side where you play against a team that’s below you, and they’re starting to get a bit of momentum.

“It’s just natural to look over your shoulder, wondering how they are there when they were six points away from us a couple of weeks ago with a worse goal difference.

“Now we find ourselves within touching distance of the other teams.

“We had these kind of fixtures in December time and we let ourselves down badly. We never picked up enough points.

“Hopefully we’ve got the right mentality this time to go and get points.”

Naismith’s strike earned County a 1-1 draw against Hearts last weekend but the right back does not expect too many more to follow, adding: “I look to get as many goals and assists as I can. I think I’ve created a lot of good chances this year and scoring is obviously a bonus.

“I think we can do more to back up the strikers, so it’s good to get the goals throughout the team.

“I always set my benchmark to two goals a season and see how I go from there.

“That’s me got it now so anything more now is just a bonus.”