Clark leans on experience in great escape bid
St Johnstone striker Nicky Clark believes the experience of last season's Premiership relegation fight can hold them in good stead as they desperately battle for survival again.The Perth side, who dodged the play-off spot last term, are five points adrift at the bottom with five games left.Speaking before Saturday's trip to Motherwell, Clark said: "There are still a few boys here that experienced last year when we were in it right down until the last day at Motherwell funnily enough and we can use that for ourselves, we can use that to help the boys that maybe haven't been in this situation before to get through this."They know what it is like themselves, we don't need to tell them how important it is, not just the football side of things, it is the people that nobody really sees or hears about, the people that work their backsides off behind the scenes up the stairs and keep the club running."So it affects everything if you don't stay in this league. We know what it is going to take and we are going to give absolutely everything to get us out of the situation."The Premiership table may not make pretty reading for St Johnstone but Clark insists they have shown enough this season to suggest they can get out of trouble.He said: "At one point we thought we were dead and buried, I think we were maybe eight, nine even 10 points adrift and we showed what we were all about, we got back into it slightly."I know we are still five behind but we have shown we can put results together, we can perform to earn those results and we are more than capable of doing that."We have more than enough experience and quality in that dressing room to get out of it."
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