Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
That ‘have-a-go team will play
against Raith Rovers so there was a load of them who got time there, McMullan and people like that.
“We are heading in the right direction now.”
Mellon, who is from Paisley, watched his home-town team lose 2-1 to Celtic on Wednesday night in a rescheduled game.
He felt St Mirren did well against the champions despite finishing up second best, adding: “We saw their game last night against Celtic and I am sure it will be a different game against us with different asks.
“We know they will be well organised, are Premiership players and they will look forward to coming to a top stadium like we have at United.
“I would expect to be tested and I think it will be a really good game.”
Mellon, meanwhile, insisted nothing is imminent on the transfer front but Osman Sow featured in the Raith match and the gaffer didn’t completely rule him out of the picture.
“The big fella is someone who is very fondly thought of here at the club,” claimed Mellon.
“He is still living in Dundee and he is getting over a serious injury and needed a game.
“We are always on the lookout to see if we can improve the group and we would keep an open mind on anything happening but nothing would be imminent.”
Mellon added: “We are still trying hard to improve things. It can be difficult. Sometimes you think you can move ahead with some stuff but we are trying to improve the group and looking to move forward.
“We have a number of things we are moving on that have changed from last week because things change very, very quickly.
“There is nothing imminent today but things are moving ahead. You know what it is like – it is so delicate at times.
“We are hopeful we can get some stuff done.”