St Johnstone boss lifts lid on Drey Wright injury scare and Barry Douglas squad absence

St Johnstone boss lifts lid on Drey Wright injury scare and Barry Douglas squad absence

Despite his apparent injury, Wright had to continue fighting Accies, and Douglas was not included in the team.

It was a cramp, not something more serious, that caused Wright’s pain late in Saints’ Scottish Cup victory.

Boss Simo Valakari is now able to look back on the incident, which saw Wright forced to solder on as all available substitutions had been used, and smile.He also explained Barry Douglas’ absence from his matchday squad was not down to injury. Instead, with eight new signings bedding in, the Saints boss opted to make personnel changes. Valakari said: “Drey just had cramp and I was actually going to take him off until we realised we’d used all our subs. “It was a bit comical so he had to stay on, but he’s fine.