| McCaffrey and McBreen have suffered injuries which have kept them out recently but Craig, now signed till the season’s end, has been a regular in Saints midfield and has played starring roles.
A box-to-box player, the forceful midfielder will be a key player in tomorrow’s encounter at Ross County.
And he may well have teenager Kevin Moon alongside him in the middle of the park.
“Mooner is doing well and is getting better and better,” said Saints’ boss Derek McInnes.
Saints reached the Scottish Cup semi-finals last season, going out to Celtic in the last four at Hampden after putting up a great performance.
Martin Hardie, the Perth club’s scorer that day, won’t play tomorrow as he’s injured — but one player back in the squad after a long spell on the sidelines through injury is Kevin James.
Having reached the semis last season, Derek McInnes is determined Saints will go on another cup run.
“If we beat Ross County we’re in the last eight and that is a great incentive,” he declared. “We had a great run last season and want to do even better this time round.
“Ross County are having a good season though and are playing with confidence. They are a fine side and we’ll need to play well to beat them.”
Saints already have one cup victory over Ross County at Victoria Park this season, when goals from Kenny Deuchar and Andy Jackson helped them knock the Highlanders out of the Challenge Cup.
Ross County won the Challenge Cup last season and Saints are now the proud holders of it.
Striker Peter MacDonald has been offered a new two-year deal and has indicated he wishes to stay with Saints.
Peter is one of Saints’ longest- serving players, having been signed from Rangers by then Saints manager Sandy Clark.
He’s also in tomorrow’s squad, as is David Weatherston, the youngster snapped up from Queen’s Park in the close season.
Due to the A9 being closed because of the weather, Saints travelled north by train today. |
