Habran in action

St Johnstone fans will also get another chance to see 23-yearold French trialist Romain Habran in action.

The PSG winger has impressed in training and Wright will have a decision to make in the next few days as he looks to strengthen his attacking options for the new season.

Today’s match kicks off at 2pm. a huge relief it was mainly down to bone bruising.

“It was good news in one way but still really frustrating to miss out on Europe.

“It was even more depressing missing out the Trakai games after we all worked so hard to get into Europe in the first place. I was gutted.”

The Lithuanians followed up their Saints scalp by shocking fancied Swedish outfit Norrkoping with a midweek penalty shoot-out win to advance to the third qualifying round.

That news simply added to Anderson’s sense of frustration.

He said: “If we had made it through there might have been a chance of being involved against Norrkoping. We are better when we are underdogs so that would have been interesting.

“I didn’t travel but I hear we battered Trakai away from home but just couldn’t get the goals we needed.

“But Europe is always a bonus. The season really starts in earnest with the first league game. So that has to be my target now.

“Going out of Europe makes preseason longer but we have a strong dressing room and there will be no hangover here. I’m hoping to play against Hartlepool. That’s me been out for four weeks but I’m back in training.”

SCOTLAND WOMEN

Scotland Women have suffered another Euro 2017 blow after Jane Ross was all but ruled out of their final two group games.

The Manchester City striker suffered a shoulder injury in Scotland’s opening 6-0 defeat by England and is set to miss Sunday’s clash with Portugal and the encounter with Spain five days later.

But Ross, who has scored 50 international goals, will continue having treatment in the Scotland camp in the hope that she can play a further part in the tournament.

Scotland’s team doctor, Stephen Boyce, said in an interview on www. scottishfa.co.uk: “With respect to the two qualifying games, it is unlikely she will be able to take part in those games. However, should Scotland progress further in the tournament we’ll re-evaluate the clinical situation at that time.”

The blow is the latest injury to hit Scotland’s chances of making an impact in Holland. Star player Kim Little of Arsenal and Hibernian striker Lizzie Arnot both suffered cruciate ligament injuries in the build-up and Ross’s City team-mate Jen Beattie was also ruled out.