GRAHAM CUMMINS ON DEFEAT TO DONS

Saints featured in yesterday’s only Scottish Premiership game as they faced title chasers Aberdeen in Perth. After a thrilling game which ended 4-3 to the away side, Saints striker Graham Cummins gave his thoughts on the match.

“I think a loss is a loss, at least we scored towards the end which gives us a bit of belief going into next week.

“Even at 4-1, it wasn’t a 4-1 game. We had good chances; I’ve had a chance, Scobbs (Tam Scobbie) has hit the post and we have had one cleared of the line.

“I think we played well considering Aberdeen are joint top of the league now, I’d say we probably played better today than when we beat Aberdeen up there. They just took their chances in the first half and when you go 2-0 down it’s difficult to get back into the game, but we just hope to carry the end of the game into next week”.

Graham had a great chance in the first half to score when he rounded the Aberdeen keeper, Scott Brown, but his shot at a tight angle went just wide.

“I knew when I brought it round him, I knew I had took it too far, if I’m being honest I was thinking he might take me down. When I’m looking at him he’s come, he’s gone back, he’s come again and I’m thinking ‘just go round him’. It’s a bad touch by me, my touch was too heavy but I need to take that on the chin and just move on. The positive for me is that at least I felt like I’m getting back to fitness, that’s my first 90 minutes since last October so it’s been a long time”.

This result means that it is now no wins from nine games in all competitions for Saints. The last time the Perth men scored a winning goal was back in early December, however, Graham feels that the next win is not far away.

“It’s good to get goals again because we haven’t been scoring a lot recently and back at the start of the season, people were probably shocked at how much we were scoring. We looked dangerous again today and that’s the way we want to play. It is just four mistakes that cost us, it’s not like Aberdeen took us apart, they have just capitalised on our mistake and their finishing was excellent.

“Obviously we are playing a team that are high in confidence, they are one of the strongest teams in the league. I think if you compare this performance to our Celtic one a couple of weeks ago, there is no comparison. We got the ball down, we looked more comfortable and we looked dangerous, which we haven’t done in the last few weeks”.

Interview by Nick Drummond-Hay.

NEXT HOME MATCH: Saints will follow up next Friday night's away match at Dens Park with a home game against Motherwell on Saturday 20th February.