Jack Ross admits that he's ready to pitch in his new signings when Saints travel to East End Park to face Dunfermline.
The manager has bolstered his squad with the signings of Craig Storie, Rory Loy and Pål Fjelde this week and he says he'll have no qualms about involving them in tomorrow's Ladbrokes Championship clash with the Pars.
Pål is subject to clearance, but certainly Rory and Craig will be involved and hopefully Pål as well. It's given us a freshness at an important time for us. I said I wanted to wait to get the right ones in and I'm happy with what we've managed to get so far. Hopefully we've still got one or two more to come in.
"They're fit, they've trained well so I have no hesitation about any of those players being involved in the group tomorrow."
The signing of Pål came from left field with many caught out by the deal to bring in the Norwegian after he left Byrne FK in his native country towards the end of 2016. The midfielder has trained with the squad and played for the team in a bounce match recently.
We've had an awful lot of players put to us over the last couple of months," the manager said. "We were able to look at him during a game. He's been down in England for a wee while with a couple of clubs and we thought he might sign down there. But there was an opportunity for him to come back up here and play in a game a couple of weeks ago and train with us.
"He's been good," he continued. "He's still a young man but I think there is potential in him. He's a really good type and he's desperately keen to try and progress his career in the United Kingdom. I'm looking forward to having him in the group. I think he'll be an asset for us moving forward."
Saints come into tomorrow's match on the back of a 3-0 loss to Queen of the South last Saturday. But the manager believes that the team will be raring to go when they play Dunfermline.
We spoke on Monday and Tuesday because we had to address some of the issues from Saturday. We had some frank discussions on Monday and Tuesday, but the reaction in training has been good.
"I certainly think with the freshness we've had with new players has helped that. Training this morning has been bright, sharp and good. We're going to a venue that is an enjoyable place to play as well so I feel we'll be very competitive in the game."
