Despite the postponement of their January meeting with Celtic, St Johnstone manager Tommy Wright confirmed the Saints will be enjoying the break at home. Celtic manager Ronny Deila has exercised the club's right to delay one of their January fixtures – all Scottish Premiership teams are allowed to reschedule two games during the season - and instead take his team abroad for a mid-winter training camp. Wright knows that St Johnstone do not have the kind of resources available to Celtic although his side will welcome the time off during a busy January period.
Wright said: "We will probably just have the weekend off. The players have joked about us going away - but that won't be happening. Celtic have the resources and the money to do something like this. But it's not something we would have looked at doing ourselves. Definitely not. We can't afford to."
Wright admitted he was unaware of the postponement rule but with five games scheduled for January he said it will do his team no harm in having the weekend off. The Saints are now focused on Saturday’s game against bottom of the table Ross County. A win would mean the Saints could leapfrog Patrick Thistle into eighth should the Jags lose at home in Sunday's game against Aberdeen. Wright went on: "We are not thinking about losing. It's a game to win and game that could help us move up the table. That's the only way we are looking at it."