ONE CUP IS NOT ENOUGH FOR JASON
HE has already lifted the Betfred Cup this season and Jason Kerr reckons that can help St Johnstone do a double.
The Perth skipper believes the way his side approached their previous cup games can help them see off battle weary Clyde today and set up a Scottish Cup quarter-final clash against Rangers or Celtic.
Danny Lennon’s Clyde face Saints in their fourth game in seven days and Kerr said: “I don’t envy them playing Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday.
“It would be hard for any full-time player, never mind a part-time team.
“They will be playing games and going to their jobs, so it’s going to be really tough for them.
“We’re going to be as professional as we can and they’ll get our full respect. They’re a good team and I’ve played against them a few times when I was on loan at East Fife.
“You saw us in the Betfred Cup when we played against lesser teams – we took a professional approach and nothing will change.
“Clyde are a good team and if we don’t play as well as we can then it could be a banana skin.
“They will have a game-plan to stop us playing and we’ll need to be at our best to exploit what we want to do.”
Saints boss Callum Davidson has warned his players to put a potential tie against one of the
Glasgow giants on the back burner.
But Kerr insists Saints, who face Rangers at McDiarmid Park in midweek, wouldn’t fear a trip to Ibrox or Celtic Park next weekend.
He said: “The last few games we’ve played them, we’ve played well.
“We were unlucky not to get a result against Celtic at home and at Celtic Park while we played well against Rangers at Ibrox too.
“I’d feel like we’d have a good enough team in the dressing room to beat them.”
The 24-year-old revealed Saints still have not fully marked their Betfred Cup win – and would love it to be a double celebration.
He added: “To win the cup was a massive achievement.
“We’ve had a taste and we want to do it again.
“We will appreciate it when we can get out there and have a drink and a celebration with the fans, my friends and family. That has been tough.
“There will be a time and a place to do that and when it comes we will really enjoy it – I hope it’s sooner rather than later.”