Goody dishes out praise

Saints boss Jim Goodwin has praised Tony Fitzpatrick and Gus MacPherson after nailing down Turkish winger Ilkay Durmus.

The former Wacker Innsbruck man penned a two-year deal with the Buddies on Tuesday night.

Goodwin, pictured, was delighted to the club’s hard work pay off. He said:“There’s been a lot hard work going on behind the scenes.

“I know people have wanted things to happen quicker and I’m the same.

“Tony wants

things to happen quicker, Gus wants things to happen quicker.

“They are working very hard and I can’t stress enough how good Tony and Gus have been for me in my first month in the job.

“I’ve given them a a list of players that may seem sometimes as a little ambitious.

“But, at the end of the day, I want to bring in good players that will excite the fans and I want to make us more than competitive.

“We’re doing all we can and we are making some very good offers to some very good players.”

Goody added:“When I did my assessment on the team in my first couple of weeks I felt that we lacked a little bit of pace. Ilkay gives us that in abundance.

“He is a very attack-minded, old-fashioned winger and players like that excite me and I think he’ll excite supporters as well.

“He’s direct, he’s positive, he puts a great ball in, so he’s one to be very excited about.

“He’s a couple of weeks behind with regards to pre-season training, but we’ll get him up to speed.

“He’s one that the fans will certainly get off their seats to watch.”