DAVIDSON’S CHANCESOF MAKINGFINAL ARE‘50-50’

There won’t be any room for sentiment when Callum Davidson picks his Betfred Cup final team.

And St Johnstone legend Murray Davidson will be no exception.

A setback in training for the Perth midfielder, who injured his calf at Ibrox a few weeks ago, has left the former Scotland international rated “50-50” to be available for Hampden Park.

While David Wotherspoon has now shown his boss he is good to go, time is running out for his McDiarmid Park team-mate.

“Spoony is fine, no problems at all,” Davidson reported.

“Muzz is probably now 50-50. He just had a tiny bit of a setback on Monday so we’ll need to see how he is tomorrow. He is close but we’re just not sure how close he is. That’s the only downside to this week.

“We will wait and see how he is. We knew we would have to push him hard for this Sunday so we’ll give him every chance to make it.

“I haven’t picked my team yet so I’ll wait and see how he is and we’ll decide after that. It’s a real difficult one. I know Murray, played with Murray, but that doesn’t come into it all.

“I need to pick the best 11 that is available to me. Who’s fittest? Who’s strongest? Murray just has to try to convince me that he is 100% right and we’ll take it from there. That’s all I can do.

“Sentiment doesn’t come into it. I’ve got to pick a team that I think will win the game first and foremost. That might mean other players are a little bit annoyed they are not playing.

“But I believe in what we’re doing here and I will try to pick a team that I think will win the game.”

Davidson hopes that “belief” will be taken from Saints’ recent win against Sunday’s opponents, Livingston, in the league.

“I asked the players that day for attitude,” he said.

“Livingston have been unbelievable for the last couple of months.

“Their performance levels have been really high and they’ve got a great work ethic. They will fight and they will battle but we’re at Hampden, so it’s a slightly different game.”