Jim Goodwin looked ahead to St Mirren’s return from the international break after speaking to the press this afternoon.
Saints are back in action this weekend when they travel to Dingwall on Saturday to face Ross County at the Global Energy Stadium in the cinch Premiership.
The Buddies went into the break in good form - winning their last two league matches as well as extending their unbeaten run to five.
On the contrary, Ross County are still searching for their first league win of the season. But while the Saints gaffer says his team is in a good place, they won't underestimate Malky Mackay's side.
We were going into the international break in relatively good form off the back of a few victories," the manager said.
"Psychologically, the players are in a really good place and there's a lot of confidence within the group. Hopefully we can carry that on at the weekend.
"To go and try to win three games back-to-back in this league would be a great achievement for the group and that's where our mindset is at.
"I've watched two or three of the Ross County games over the last five or six days and from the footage I've seen they've been a bit unfortunate on one or two occasions not to have got that first win already. We've been there so we know what it's like. We certainly won't underestimate them.
"We'll give Ross County all the respect they deserve. We know that they've got some good players that can cause us problems, but if we can apply ourselves in the same manner as we have done in recent weeks then we give ourselves a good chance of carrying the run on."
The gaffer also reflected on Jamie McGrath’s international form with the 25-year-old adding two more Republic of Ireland caps over the past week in wins over Azerbaijan and Qatar.
The manager confirmed that the club have made a contract offer to try and keep McGrath with the Irishman out of contract at the end of the season.
I watched the first hour of the Ireland game against Qatar and Jamie was excellent again.
"We're all extremely proud of what Jamie has achieved in the last 12-18 months. The fact he's now getting the recognition from Stephen Kenny and the FAI is fantastic for him and it's great inspiration for some of the younger players within our group as well.
Jamie McGrath on international duty with the Republic of Ireland (Image: FAIreland)
"We've made an incredible offer to Jamie, we need to make that clear. We've made him an offer we've never made a player in the history of the club.
"But we're not stupid. We know he's going to have numerous other offers and no doubt someone might come in and blow us out of the water.
"We want Jamie to know exactly what we think of him and reward him with a great contract. Whether he takes it or not, it's up to him but our supporters need to know we're not giving up hope just yet."
