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ROSS COUNTY was a great performance – from the first minute we created chances and were first to every ball.

Mind you, I feared the worst when Reynolds was sent off and County scored.

But we never looked in any danger of losing the game after we equalised and for the first time in a while we had the added pressure of Celtic and Hearts having already played and taken three points.

There were some great performances from Shay Logan, Craig Storie, Jonny Hayes and Scott Brown, who was outstanding.

Especially for a guy who last week looked like he would be lucky to be at the club come the end of January.

This transfer window could be pivotal in deciding if we will give Celtic a run for their money this season. We need to sign one or two players who will start games or at least put the regular starters under pressure.

We too often rely on Rooney, McGinn and Hayes to do the business for us.

Our transfer record since Derek McInnes took over is average. I get the feeling he's signed some players for the sake of it.

What were Josh Parker, Ryan McLaughlin, Andy Driver, Calvin Zola and Jeffrey Monakana ever going to offer us?

If these players had been scouted properly then we should have known they were no better than what we already had.

I would rather see one player similar to Shinnie or Rooney join us in every transfer window and use our youngsters for cover for injuries etc.

A phrase I often see on forums is he would be good for cover. But these are not the type of players would be trying to sign.

I'm not saying we should start spending money we don’t have (we know how that ends) but targeting players who will improve the squad instead of filling it out.

We need to give our own youngsters a chance to break in to the squad. Storie had a great game in Dingwall and never looked out his depth.

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I'm not saying he should play every week but the more experience he gets the more competent a player he will become.

Scott Wright played a few games when McInnes first took over. He looked lively, had some great touches and loved running at defenders. He has not kicked a ball in the first team for a long time.

We should move on a few players to free up some wages for a better quality signing, the likes of Barry Robson must be getting frustrated sitting on the bench week after week.

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McInnes should move Goodwillie on as well. He doesn't score enough goals and there must be better out there for the wages he’s on.

I can’t imagine he's happy at hardly starting a game since October. Every season under McInnes we have improved our league position and points total. If we can bring in some quality signings this month I'm confident we will do so again.

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