Duncan Ferguson says Inverness Caley Thistle put in their performance of the season against Raith Rovers – but admits his side are now relying on favours from Championship rivals
Duncan Ferguson admits Inverness Caledonian Thistle will be looking for favours from their Championship rivals between now and the end of the season.
A 1-0 defeat to Raith Rovers did not tell the whole story of the match, with ICT hitting the woodwork four times, Alex Samuel having an effort cleared off the line and visiting goalkeeper Kevin Dubrowski putting in a man of the match performance.
Ferguson was delighted with the level of performance Inverness put in, then, but acknowledged not taking any points from the match makes their bid to avoid a relegation play-off more difficult.
With the rest of the division playing on Saturday, he will be hoping that results go ICT’s way.
“We were absolutely fabulous – if anyone thinks we didn’t play well there’s something wrong with them,” Ferguson said.
“We battered the second best team in the league. I thought it was our best performance of the season, all we missed was the goal.
“We could have been playing for two days and not scored, but other than that we were brilliant
“Unfortunately we don’t pick up the points we desperately need, so we rely on other results now and we need to make sure we pick up maximum points in our last two games.
“We need a break now, we need a team to do us a favour because we were so unlucky tonight.”
One blight on the match was an injury midway through the first half to Aaron Doran.
The Irishman, who has a long history of serious knee issues, went down with what appeared to be a similar problem, and Ferguson said the initial signs were not good.
“It looks bad, but he wanted to go back on the pitch,” Ferguson added.
“That’s the character of the lad. It looks like it’s a bad one, he wanted to go back on but I told him to sit down.”
