Foran rules out sentimental reunion

The 29-year-old was signed by Terry Butcher, then Well manager now in charge of Caley Thistle, in 2004 and went on to score 23 goals in 90 appearances in a three-year spell with the Lanarkshire side.The Irishman left for Southend but returned north of the border last month after loan spells at troubled Darlington and opened his Inverness account in last weekend's 2-0 win over Hibernian.Foran is hoping for more of the same this weekend, with the visit of some old friends."I still keep in contact with a few boys there and, in all fairness, I had a really good time there," he said."It's like Inverness in the way it's a well-run club and has that type of family atmosphere to it where everyone's pulling together for each other."I have great memories of my spell at Fir Park. In fact, I was actually looking forward to going back there and playing but it's a home game for us and that's great for us to have a better chance of getting the three points."I think Motherwell will be okay, we'd like to drag them into the scrap but they'll be pushing for top six. They have a good squad, manager and play some good football."Hopefully, we can take three points off them on Saturday though."I've seen the highlights of their game against Celtic and they opened them up a fair bit, but hopefully with home advantage, we can do the same thing and get a couple of chances."Three points over Well on Saturday coupled with a Hibs win at home to Falkirk would be enough to see Inverness climb off the bottom of the SPL for the first time this year.The Highlanders are still unbeaten under the reign of Terry Butcher and Foran maintains that has to continue."We've had a great start," he said. "When I first came into the club we were adrift at the bottom and to pull it back to a point is excellent."But that counts for nothing and the hard work starts here; this is when the pressure gets higher and the fans expect you to win games every week now."We've got the fitness levels and the players now; it's all about our mental approach to the matches and the gaffer and Maurice (Malpas) come in and help."We've got to concentrate on ourselves and stay focused on results only; obviously you want teams around you to lose."Saturday's a massive game for us and we know that; Falkirk have a really tough away game to Hibs and we know what'll happen if we can win and they slip up."If you work hard, you'll get the little breaks in a game. We're starting games really well and that's important. We're also getting some luck along the way too and it's about time."Hibs missed a fair few good chances on Saturday there and perhaps before Christmas they would've gone against us."Foran has been played out on the left of midfield and helped provide an attacking threat Inverness have lacked over the course of the season.The defence has also been heaped with plaudits and the Irishman chipped in with his own tribute to a back four which has kept three clean sheets in four.He said: "It's so hard playing against Grant (Munro) and Pavels (Mihadjuks) at the back and then you've got big Ross (Tokely) and Lionel Djebi-Zadi."You know, it's a hard defence to play against and train with. We've managed to get a few past them in training but I say they're the best back four I've played with in my career."

Source: Team_Talk