Glenn Middleton convinced St Johnstone have turned corner as attention turns to reeling in Ross County

Glenn Middleton yesterday issued a “more of the same” message as St Johnstone seek to use last week’s terrific win against Hearts as a positive platform.

Perth players produced a performance of skill and fight, with the opening goal tucked home by Ali Crawford going down as a real work of footballing art.

The 2-1 victory lifted the Saints off the foot of the table and closer to striking distance of this weekend’s opponents Ross County, who sit 10th.

Four points is the gap and, obviously, the plan is for delight in Dingwall to reduce the deficit even further.

Reflecting on last week, Middleton, who was involved in the opener, said: “It was a fantastic team goal and that shows what we can do.

“It just takes one moment for that quality to come out and everyone has been talking about it.

“It gives us massive confidence and full belief we are capable of producing something like that in every game we go into. We are hoping for more of the same against Ross County.”

The Scotland U21 international went on to add: “They score a lot of goals and I think Regan Charles-Cook is still the league’s top scorer.

“You can see they pose threats in every game so massive respect to them and how Malky Mackay will set them up. But we go up there knowing what we have to do. We’d have taken the chance to peg them back to a point a few weeks ago.

“It’s all very well talking about it. We need to go up there and show how badly we want to win and how we want to keep this run going.”

Middleton has been involved in a number of Saints’ positive moments in recent weeks and he is pleased with his current form.

“It’s been a big few weeks for us,” he said. “What we went through as a team earlier in the season is behind us now.

“I think you are now starting