Clark is determined to help Saints bounce back with a win at Livi

ST JOHNSTONE need to ensure confidence built up over a few months doesn’t erode in the space of one anti-climactic weekend, according to Zander Clark.

The Perth keeper believes the key to Premiership survival will be bouncing back quickly from the frustration of failing to grasp their chance against St Mirren to move within two points of safety.

To achieve that, they’ll need to tap into the Saints’ dressing-room ethos built up over a generation.

“As hard as it’s going to be to forget about the St Mirren game, we have to – it’s in the past now,” said Clark.

“We have three massive games, so we need to try to get more points on the board to secure the league status. It’s going to need everyone pulling in the one direction, fighting for each other – the club and the fans.

“It’s something that has always been installed in the club since I’ve been here and we have to pull on that.”

That Saints next face a team they have defeated on the last two occasions they played them should help foster positivity.

“Livingston this weekend, as cliched as it sounds, is another massive game for us,” said Clark.

“We have to go into it being confident.

“We had a decent result against them down there the last time, so we need to think about that and how we got the victory.

“It was by being together, fighting for one another and it will take another performance like that.

“We will be preparing for doing that this week. We have to fight and dig deep. We have to get our mindset on Livi, the game plan and how to get three points.

“We’d been on all right sort of form previous to the split, so we need to find that again.”

Ali Crawford (left) scored a late winner for St Johnstone the last time they visited Livingston in February.