Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Keith Watson and Michael Coulson told they can leave St Johnstone

Keith Watson.
Keith Watson.

Keith Watson and Michael Coulson look to be on their way out of St Johnstone.

The pair have both suffered an injury-plagued first season at McDiarmid Park and manager Tommy Wright does not now see them in his first team plans.

Watson has been particularly unlucky, as he picked up an injury before the league season had started, at which point Richard Foster was signed as cover.

Coulson has never really shone when given a chance, but will also rue a disrupted first few months of his time in Perth after arriving from York City.

“I have told Michael Coulson and Keith Watson they can find new clubs,” said Wright.

“Keith has been hampered by injury, although he’s well on the mend now.

“It’s never nice but you have to make those decisions and I think it’s in the best interests of the club and for them.

“Both players need to be playing and they have not had the amount of games they would have liked or we would have liked.

“Financially as well, I need to free up some money to help the chairman.

“It’s always a difficult thing to do but we think it’s in everyone’s interests if they move on.”

One player who isn’t moving on is Alan Mannus.

The Northern Ireland international has signed his new one-year deal and will battle it out for the goalkeeper’s jersey with Zander Clark for another season.

“We are delighted to get Alan signed up again for another year,” said Wright.

“We spoke to him a few weeks back and he made it clear he didn’t want to leave because he enjoys it here.

“He hasn’t asked for any guarantees so it will be the same next season, both keepers start on a level footing and we’ll see what happens.

“There will be a battle for the number one spot but that’s a great thing for the team.

“Whoever is playing best will be in the side, it’s as simple as that.

“Alan started the season just past but lost his place and then won it back from Zander when he got injured.

“The pair of them get on really well and they help each other, the drive the other one on.

“It’s a great thing to have because I believe we have two international keepers on the books.

“Alan has obviously played for Northern Ireland and is in the squads, and I’ve said before that I think Zander is someone who could play for Scotland.”