Defiant Wright says he won’t consider quitting Saints

Tommy Wright knows that even his status as the most successful manager in St Johnstone’s history doesn’t make him untouchable.

But there is no quit in the Perth boss as he seeks to turn around the McDiarmid Park side’s season.

Three points adrift at the bottom of the Premiership and still seeking their first league win, the facts and figures of Saints’ uncharacteristically poor start to the campaign are impossible to cover up. Not that Wright is trying to.

“I have never given up in my life so I’m fighting,” said the Northern Irishman. “I won’t be quitting. I haven’t quit anything in the past.

“We know the position we’re in and we know we have to get that first win because it is building pressure. It’s building pressure on the players and the supporters are getting frustrated so we need to get that done.

“Once we do that we can hopefully get a bit of momentum going.

“Last weekend I said I wouldn’t be jumping through hoops if we won and while I’m not happy with the situation we’re in, I’m not going the other way either.

“We have chucked away six or seven points easily this season and have nobody else to blame for where we are. But all we can do is keep working hard and fighting to turn it around.”

Wright added: “What has happened in the past might get me a bit more time, but I fully understand the situation. I’m not blasé about it.

“I know results have to improve. I am not untouchable because no manager is. I have been through too much in my life to worry about things like your job.

“That’s testament to the club as well, we have been through a lot here. We have been through big blips before – although not this early in the season – and we have always come through it. All I can do is keep working hard, keep focused and keep getting the players in the right frame of mind.”

Tommy Wright