Positive run pleases Shaughnessy
Joe Shaughnessy and the Perth defence soaked up late Hamilton pressure St Johnstone ................. 1 Hamilton ...................... 0 Joe Shaughnessy admits it was about time that St Johnstone started to pick up some momentum.
The Perth club battled beyond Hamilton Academical on Wednesday evening to all but secure their place in Scotland’s top flight for another year.
If that feat is indeed achieved this season, Saints will have been a regular feature in the Premiership since winning back promotion in 2009.
It certainly was not a classic during the week with Accies defender Scott McMann’s early own goal proving to be the difference between the teams.
Saints are now without a defeat in their last three games - following a win against Dundee and draw with Hibernian - and that brings a sense of positivity to the corridors of McDiarmid Park.
That has been welcomed by captain Shaughnessy, who defended admirably all evening, and he said: “It’s a good win for us because we needed it.
“Hopefully we can now pick up another couple of victories.
“It’s about time that we got a bit of momentum because we have been a bit start-stop all season.
“At home we have let in a lot of early goals but we started really well on Wednesday. To get the goal was a real boost.
“First half we were definitely comfortable. But you always expect a battle against Hamilton and we were ready for that.
“In the second half they came out fighting, which is what you would expect. We dealt