I NEED MORE QUALITY

TOMMY WRIGHT has appealed for more quality after St Johnstone crashed out of Europe last night.

The Perth men were downed by a solitary goal in Vilnius to suffer a 3-1 defeat on aggregate, adding to a disappointing week for Scottish football.

Wright watched his squad spurn a number of chances before the Lithuanians netted in the closing stages. And the Saints boss said: “It’s always a frustrating time for managers when they lack players.

“I know what I need to add to the squad. I know we need more quality. I’ve been here four years and I have worked

extremely hard to make sure this club performs at the highest level and gets the best out of what we have.

“I believe the squad is crying out for a little bit of help and hopefully we can get that because it is frustrating.”

Wright insisted his side should never have been beaten by a Trakai team who played with 10 men for 33 minutes. The Northern Irishman said: “It was a game we shouldn’t have lost – we should have won.

“We made a few mistakes early on then totally controlled the game.

“Zander Clark had one save to make but we have lacked that final ball over the two legs and we gave

away stupid goals. The goal was horrendous. Ally (Gilchrist) had a good game but should have dealt with the situation. Whether we would have got the two goals, I don’t know.

“All night we got into good positions, our approach play was good but our final cross let us down.

“We put two decent crosses in and the keeper made two good saves but that was it. Overall I can’t fault the players’ efforts, just that final ball. The number of opportunities we have had to get a ball in and then we fell short.

“We lacked that quality and ruthlessness to capitalise on the amount of opportunity we had in good positions.”