St Johnstone happy to go under the radar for semi-final

St Johnstone are happy to let Hibs do the talking going into League Cup semi-final week, according to Tam Scobbie.

The Perth men’s defeat at Celtic Park leaves them without a win in their last six games, while Easter Road boss Alan Stubbs has spoken about targeting a treble.

Under the radar is where Saints are most comfortable, though, Scobbie believes.

“That’s fine,” the former Falkirk man said. “At a club like St Johnstone we’re always billed as the underdogs.

“Nobody expected us to win the Scottish Cup and nobody expected us to get into Europe four seasons in a row.

“We’re happy to be the underdog again if that’s the way people want to see it. We’ll just go about our business and see what happens.”

He added: “It (the Celtic game) definitely wasn’t the sort of performance to send us into the week of a cup semi-final on a downer.

“We wanted to make sure we were going into the semi with real confidence and I’m sure we’ll go to Tynecastle on Saturday and put on a good show against Hibs.”