GRAHAM CAREY believes Ross County can rock Aberdeen in the Granite City today after quickly embracing Jim McIntyre's ideas.
The new manager has swiftly instilled a higher tempo style at the Global Energy Stadium with a "train as you play, play as you train" mantra at the core of his ethos.
Soundings confirm the County squad have wholeheartedly embraced the new approach with enjoyment levels matching the hard work on the training ground.
For Carey, outstanding in the makeshift left-back role against Motherwell, it has been like a breath of fresh air for a group who have been labouring amid a run of six opening defeats.
The Irish winger said: "We've recovered well from the weekend. We put a lot of effort into the game last Saturday, with the way the manager wants us to play at higher tempo.
"I think we took most of what he said on board. It will take a few games, but we're implementing it in training every day. I think we'll get better and better."
Carey was optimistic about County's chances of collecting their first points of the season in the north-east.
He stressed: "Strangely, I think we have taken more of a lift from the Motherwell defeat than anything negative.
"At no time in the game, really, were we opened up by them. The two goals they scored were great strikes and I don't think they created much else from open play."
Aberdeen have managed just two wins and six points from their opening five matches in the league, but Carey knows County will be up against quality opposition in last season's League Cup winners.
He said: "We went there last season and it was one of the toughest games of the season. I don't think we saw the ball for the whole game.
"That's the quality they have, but we just need to worry about ourselves."
McIntyre has stressed that formations matter less to him than what individuals do in their respective positions but, against Motherwell, the favoured shape was a 4-2-3-1 with a fluid three behind the main striker. Carey enjoyed his own freedom to venture forward in the left-back role.
He said: "It will suit me fine, but as I've said I'll play anywhere so long as I'm in the team. I don't mind.
"Even if I'm playing left-back, the manager encourages me to get forward as often as possible."
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