Tommy Wright a happy man as St Johnstone win on the road

St Johnstone boss Tommy Wright says the 2-1 win over Hamilton Accies capped off a “great week” for the club.

The Saints gained victory to move them to fourth in the Scottish Premiership, 24 hours after they bolstered their squad with the signings of Ross Callachan and Danny Swanson from Hearts and Hibernian respectively.

Speaking after the win, Wright said: “It’s been a great week. We have had a great window because the players who have come in have hit the ground running.

“I think we have added two more players that have really strengthened the squad.”

St Johnstone continued their fine run against the Accies thanks to a first-half strike from Blair Alston and a David McMillan header.

Rakish Bingham’s second-half reply was not enough to salvage a point for Martin Canning’s men, who have now only one win in their last 12 meetings with the Saints.

Wright said: “It’s never easy coming here. We passed the ball well and defended when we had to. Probably, if I’m being honest, we were wasteful in the second half.

“We got into a number of great positions and should have extended the lead by even more. We didn’t do it but we saw the game out comfortably.”

Accies boss Canning rued the “comedy of errors” which led to the first goal.

He said: “It should be 0-0 at half-time but we defend really poorly and get punished for it.

“If you give St Johnstone a 2-0 lead it’s going to be difficult to get back into it.”