Jamie Murphy training hard and remaining patient in quest for return to starting St Johnstone role
dailyrecord.co.ukSt Johnstone must be the ones to get on the front foot first when Tayside rivals Dundee United arrive at McDiarmid Park on Monday afternoon, Jamie Murphy has insisted.The Perth attacker bemoaned the slow start which ultimately cost Saints in Wednesday’s 3-2 defeat against Hearts.Murphy, who came off the bench and found the back of the net, wants no repeat of that sluggish start in the opening game of 2023.Eleventh-placed United make the trip for a 3pm kick-off on the back of a 3-0 win against Ross County.“It is really about how you perform on the day and the first 20 minutes probably cost us on Wednesday night,” Murphy admitted.“We need to keep hold of that performance in the last two-thirds of the game and move onto the next one.
It was a lesson for us. You can’t afford to come out slow and let your opponent take the lead.”Murphy continued: “I am sure the boys will be up for the Dundee United game.“They are a good side.
The table doesn’t lie but, playing against them earlier in the season, I thought they were really good.“It is going to be difficult but we’re at home and, if we can take parts of Wednesday’s performance, hopefully that will be good enough.“The league is that tight where anyone can beat anyone.
You don’t want to think you are safe, this or that. You just want to go out there and take the three points every week.”Murphy has had to settle for a spot on the bench in recent fixtures and his last start came before the international break.
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