“Two or three players are suffering from knocks and are getting a well-earned rest just now,” said, boss Owen Coyle, whose side don’t have a competitive fixture until Gretna call a week on Saturday in the league.

Saints are still unbeaten in the league, and Owen went on, “We’ve drawn some games we should have won, but we’ve done not too badly considering we’ve lost two defenders who would be regulars — Kevin Rutkiewicz for practically the whole season and Kevin James, who could be out for six weeks.”