Raith Rovers midfielder Jordan Thompson insists the Kirkcaldy club are more than capable of replicating their last performance at Falkirk as they desperately try to move away from relegation trouble.
Rovers’ last victory on the road came at the Falkirk stadium when then manager Gary Locke masterminded a 4-2 victory in October 2016.
Since then, the traveling supporters have not had much to shout about, with Rovers only managing three draws from nine away games.
That woeful run is part of the reason that John Hughes’ side find themselves only two points clear of Ayr United in the play-off relegation zone but on-loan Rangers midfielder Thompson is targeting another fruitful clash with the Bairns.
He said: “We won 4-2 there last time and that was probably one of our best performances of the season. Hopefully we can get a good result again.
“Every game you’re going into you need to get the right mind-set and I think we’ve done better against the bigger teams this year, the likes of Dundee United and Hibs. We’ve taken results against them and hopefully we can do it against Falkirk.
“Every result is massive or us just now.”
Thompson, meanwhile, is determined to prove he is not part of the ’Nandos’ generation – and revealed he finally met new Rangers manager Pedro Caixinha after going to the gym on his day off.
The Northern Irishman’s dedication to his profession comes amid an avalanche of negative publicity for youngsters after Scottish FA performance director Malky Mackay claimed kids in their early 20s lack the drive to succeed.
Experienced former Dundee United midfielder John Rankin then suggested that youngsters were more interested in Nandos and the cinema than putting in the hours on the training pitch.
But Thompson, 20, admits going into work on his day off paid off after he bumped into Caixinha.
He said: “I met the new manager on Wednesday. He introduced himself.
“It was actually me and Ryan Hardie who were in. We were getting a wee bit of food having been at the gym and he was there.
“It was good to finally meet him and hopefully we’ll go in before the end of the season to get a few training sessions and he can see what he thinks before we split for the summer.
“I’m sure he knows all about the players that are out on loan. Hopefully it’s good things he is hearing in terms of me getting game time out at Raith, that’s going to help me get into his ear and get into his plans.
“I want to go back to Rangers and prove myself so even if it’s going into the gym for an hour, just keeping myself about the first team, it’s always going to help me and stand me in good stead.”
