No qualms about playing Ibrox-bound Wright says Mcinnes
Aberdeen boss Derek Mcinnes declared Scott Wright's performance "fully committed" after the Ibrox-bound attacker started in a goalless draw against St Johnstone.
Wright completed a precontract deal with Rangers on Monday but Mcinnes had no qualms about keeping the 23-year-old in his team despite a backlash from some Dons fans.
"I understand all that and the club have got to try and get the best offer for any of our players at any given time," he said.
"It's a fine balancing act when a player goes and signs a pre-contract elsewhere, and the first thing you look for is making sure he is still focused and that commitment. That was a fully-committed performance, nobody can say anything other than that. He was full of running, he was bright, he worked back.”
Aberdeen had the better of the possession and the few chances, with Sam Cosgrove failing to make the most of two decent opportunities and
Zander Clark saving well from Matty Kennedy.
"It was a good performance," said Mcinnes, who lost substitute Curtis Main to a thigh strain in the warm-up and defender Tommie Hoban to a head wound in the early stages. "It wasn't the result we came here for but I thought the players did so much right in the game."
The closest St Johnstone came was in stoppage time when 80th-minute substitute Glenn Middleton forced a good save from 22 yards on his debut following a loan move from Rangers.
Manager Callum Davidson said: "It was great to get him on the park and give him game time. He's not played proper competitive football for a while. I think we could all see he has a bit of quality. Hopefully that's the kind of quality he brings to our team.”
St Johnstone: Clark, Kerr, Gordon, Mccart, Rooney, Davidson, Bryson, Tanser, O'halloran (Wotherspoon 65), Conway (Middleton 81), Kane (May 72). Subs Not Used: Brown, parish, melamed, mccann, booth, craig.
Aberdeen: Lewis, Hoban (Campbell
7), Taylor, Considine, Hayes, Ferguson, Mccrorie, Kennedy, Wright (Mclennan 84), Hedges, Cosgrove. Subs Not Used: Logan, leigh, main, mcginn, anderson, virtanen, woods.
Referee: D Robertson