Well boss worried for his future as Saints steal the points late on
Motherwell manager Steven Robinson watched his side crash to another home defeat and his players were jeered off the park at the final whistle after conceding a last-gasp goal. The Steelmen haven’t picked up three points in front of their own fans all season and have now taken just one point from a possible 18. That led to Robinson being asked whether he feared becoming the fourth Premiership boss to be sacked since the summer. “I don’t make that decision,” he said. “We’ve got the club to two cup finals and we have a very low budget, if someone else makes that decision I can’t do anything about it. “If you don’t win games the fans get disillusioned. We need to win a game, I’m not stupid. “We’d a good home record last season and players are under-performing who were over-performing last season. “We have to look at the personnel but what I want now is character – players who’ll stand up and be counted.” Saints could have broken the deadlock in the 13th minute when David McMillan’s knock-on allowed Tony Watt to outpace Charles Dunne but Trevor Carson managed to keep out the former Celt’s low drive at his near post. It spurred the home side into action and Curtis Main forced a save from Saints keeper Zander Clark, who back-pedalled to tip over his dipping 18-yarder. Clark did even better when he turned Andy Rose’s netbound header from a David Turnbull free-kick against the bar.
At the end of the first half Chris Cadden and Main both found themselves one-on-one with Clark but neither had the composure to keep their shots down and both efforts were well off target. Saints finally found some rhythm in the last 15 minutes, spreading the ball wide and creating some openings. Carson saved well from Drey Wright’s 20-yarder and Peter Hartley made a goal-saving block to deny Murray Davidson but Kerr’s free header from Liam Craig’s corner gave them a much-needed victory. “I didn’t need to challenge the players because I knew we would get a reaction and that they would step up,” said Saints boss Tommy Wright. “My goalkeeper hasn’t really had a save to make and it was cruel on Motherwell that we scored so late but we’ve had plenty of kicks in the teeth as well. “We were battered by the Old Firm and, after the run we’d been on, even if we’d drawn today it would have been a massive point for us but to take all three is tremendous.” As for Kerr, he was thrilled to open his account for 2018/19. “To score an injury-time winner….there aren’t many better feelings in football,” said the 21-year-old. “I was surprised by the space I had. “I’ll need to watch it again on TV as I don’t know who was supposed to be marking me.”