Kano brings back a wealth of experience from Queens
St Johnstone striker Chris Kane has revealed he learned a lot from Stephen Dobbie during his loan spell at Queen of the South.
The Perth forward made his first start since returning from Dumfries on Monday and proceeded to bag himself a hat-trick against Albion Rovers.
Kane has listened to and watched experienced Dobbie closely in recent months and is now ready to push on at McDiarmid Park.
“I was delighted when the manager wanted me to come back and I was pleased to get the call to play on Monday,” Kane explained to the Perthshire Advertiser.
“I’m over the moon with the three goals and I thought the performance was great.
“My spell at Queen of the South helped me a lot. I scored a few goals there and that helped my confidence.
“He (Dobbie) scores for fun and he scored a hat-trick
Kane hailed the influence of Stephen Dobbie on Saturday too. He’s some “I will keep trying my best player. I learned a lot from and just keep trying to score him, even in training. goals.”
“He spoke to me a lot and Kane is determined to worked on small movements stake a claim for a regular and finishing. It was good to starting spot after getting the be at Queens with Stephen. nod for the Scottish Cup tie
“I want to listen to every with Albion. striker I play with. I was also He said: “Tommy took with James McFadden too me aside into his office and and he was a big help too. spoke to me and said it’s not
“I think as a striker, it’s all anything negative (the loan), about confidence. If I am not it’s all positive. really feeling confident then I “He just wanted me to be might not be playing as well. playing games and scoring goals and Queens gave me the chance to do that.
“So when I came back here I can go back into the team and try and stay in it. So I felt it was a positive move.
“There were quite a few changes on Monday and I think you could tell we were desperate to grab the opportunity.
“It’s a tricky place to come, the pitch isn’t great, but we stuck in well and stuck to the game plan. I thought we did well.
“Jason Kerr was outstanding at East Fife and Liam Gordon has been doing well. McCann has fitted in well and Kyle McClean is some player too.
“So all the boys have shown they can keep up.
“We have been struggling recently, but there’s a great bunch of lads here and we are kicking on in training. I think we will be all right now.
“It was a good result ton Monday and I think we can push on.”