Daniel MacKay eyes momentum with Inverness Caledonian Thistle after victory over Partick Thistle gives them four wins in a row
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DAN MacKay reckons Caley Thistle have set the standard with four very different wins over four Championship rivals.
The trick, now, is to prove they can keep building on it.
The on-loan Hibernian winger, back at his boyhood club and beginning to find his flow, created Billy Mckay’s dramatic Friday night winner over Partick Thistle to lift the Highlanders joint top of the Championship.
On a night when it was more about grit and gumption, MacKay showed craft as well as graft in a fine all-round display.
The wins over Raith, Dundee, Ayr and the Maryhill Jags have transformed the league table’s complexion after early season teething troubles, but the 21-year-old MacKay insists the hard work is only just beginning.
“The momentum we have now is a real positive and we just need to keep that going now,” MacKay said. “We can’t get complacent. We need to carry it on.
“We’ve shown what we’re capable of against most teams if we play as we can, but the key to it is picking up results even when we’re not playing well. That’s the crucial part in this league.
“It has been four wins from four hard games. We went to Kirkcaldy, a hard place to go, and beat Raith and we beat Dundee. We showed character to go and get the win at Ayr. Beating Partick here is significant, too, because they always give us a hard game home or away.
“They are going to be one of the teams up near the top of the table.
“We need to kick on and keep picking up points like that.”
MacKay praised the patience shown by team-mates on a
night when they had to bide
their time against the 10 men.
“A lot of teams come here to Inverness and just sit in,” he said.
“We’re used to it, and knew if we created a chance of quality, Billy or someone else would finish it.”
