No revenge on Saints' mind for Rangers clash

Published on Tuesday 13 January 2009 09:31

DEREK McINNES insists St Johnstone will not be on a revenge mission when they face Rangers in the Homecoming Scottish Cup tonight.

The Irn-Bru First Division side saw their hopes of reaching last season's final killed off by Rangers, who came out on top following a dramatic penalty shoot-out at Hampden.

Walter Smith's men went on to win the trophy with a narrow victory over Queen of the South, leaving St Johnstone wondering what might have been.

But as they prepare to face each other again in the fourth round, Saints boss McInnes insisted: "It's not about revenge. If the players want to use it as extra motivation, that's fine.

"But when the game kicks off, I don't think there will be many thoughts about what happened before. There will be some different players involved on both sides anyway.

"It's not a question of that; it's just about trying to do well on the night as a team and hoping we can cause Rangers problems."