Too easy to play against

David Wotherspoon admits St Johnstone have become too easy to play against at times this season.

The long-serving midfielder thought Saints were back on track following the clean sheet and solid performance against Hearts.

But four goals were shipped at home to Hibs on Saturday and that was a big disappointment for Wotherspoon.

He said:“It was back to what we were doing before the last two matches.

“It was back to old habits again. Our performance wasn’t that bad but we conceded silly goals.

“It has been happening far too much this season.

“We have been too open and easy to play against and it is causing us to concede things. In football you have your ups and downs.

“We came into the game with confidence but we shot ourselves in the foot again. We have to pick ourselves back up after the international break.

“When they got the goal so early you could see it gave them confidence.

“We had actually started on the front foot, we forced them back and we were in their end.

“They were under pressure then they counter on us and go up the park and score. It was too easy for Hibs to get through us and make chances.”

Mistakes played their part in the weekend’s disappointment.

Wotherspoon continued:“The first Hibs goal actually comes from one of our boys slipping and that makes it worse. It gave them the confidence and they went on the ascendancy.

“We had to try and get ourselves back in the game but then we shoot ourselves in the foot again and it left us a mountain to climb.

“At the start of the second half, I think it is another mistake and it cost us another goal. On another day they might not score.

“We need to cut out the mistakes. We were hard to play against in the two matches before this and we need to get back to that.”