Motherwell are 'far from perfect' as boss targets victory at Ross County

Stuart Kettlewell has targeted three points at Ross County on Saturday as a natural progression for his in-form Motherwell team – because he knows they are far from perfect.

The Lanarkshire side took their points tally to 19 with a 2-1 win at home to St Johnstone a fortnight ago, making it back-to-back victories in the Premiership, and while there was plenty for him to like in that game, Kettlewell wants them to keep developing.

Steve Seddon and Marvin Kaleta have come into the team and excelled, while Harry Paton and Johnny Koutroumbis are amongst those nearing a comeback, having missed large parts of this season.

“During the international break I always use that time for us to try and grow, and for me to continue to get my message across to the players, not just for fitness or minutes on the pitch, but for us to become technically and tactically better from what we are,” said Kettlewell.

“I ain’t patting us on the back, we’re certainly not perfect at this point.

“I think there’s a lot of room for growth in this group of players.

“I think we’ve put ourselves in a pretty decent position, but without question I’m trying to drive that message of us improving and us getting to 22 points.

“My task in the last game was to get to 19 points, knowing that if we did, we’d all go into the international break in a positive mind-set.”

Liam Gordon sitting out the second of a two-game suspension against St Johnstone, and injuries to Paul McGinn and Stephen O’Donnell had Kettlewell short of defenders, but reckons Steve Seddon stepped up to the plate.

He said: “I’ve always been certain that he could play there, I wasn’t necessarily thinking we would get to the stage of him playing there, but Liam Gordon came out [through suspension].

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