Alex Mitchell continuing to "love" St Johnstone loan as centre-half targets six points from next two games
dailyrecord.co.ukAlex Mitchell is planning to make it a very Happy New Year for St Johnstone supporters.The no-nonsense centre-half is adamant that the Perth side can head into 2023 on the back of victory against Hearts on Wednesday before picking up three more points when Dundee United visit on January 2.Despite the disappointment of a 4-1 Christmas Eve loss to Celtic - which brought a six-game unbeaten run to an end - Mitchell is brimming with festive confidence and fully believes in the squad gathered this season.“We’ll get on to Hearts and Dundee United now where I think we can take all six points,” Mitchell insisted.“Our form at home has been pretty good and I know for a fact we all feel confident at McDiarmid Park.
It is a really good atmosphere there right now and the fans are really getting behind us. They are really helping us.“Hearts are in a similar position to where we are right now and Dundee United are looking to move up the table.“We need to take every game really seriously and try to keep getting as many points as possible.“It’s a very tight league this year and we want to go as high as possible.
Even when we lost to Aberdeen and Hibs at the start of the season, I didn’t think they were better than us.“We had a few tweaks to make and we have done that now.”Mitchell has played a key role in helping Saints rise to fifth in the Scottish Premiership standings.Recently, Millwall manager Gary Rowett revealed the plan was that the 21-year-old would be remaining at McDiarmid Park on loan for the full season.“We’ll see what happens with Millwall,” Mitchell said.“I’m concentrating hardest on playing here at St Johnstone so haven’t really thought about it at all.
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