PLAY LIKE THAT AND COUNTY ON STAYING UP

DON COWIE insists Ross County can take plenty of encouragement from their performance in Paisley.

- BY MARK WALKER

And he has urged his side to use it for their final five games as they battle to avoid the drop.

Cowie's side broke their four-game goal drought when they took the lead but it wasn't enough to rescue a point.

They now have five games to avoid getting dragged into another relegation play-off or worse.

Boss Cowie said: "I thought we performed really well in what was a very tough game.

"Everyone knew what was at stake for them and we had to stand up to it and I thought we did that.