Carey hopes St Johnstone's win over Kilmarnock made MacLean 'proud'

The former Saints manager was axed last weekend following a thumping loss to St Mirren in Paisley with the club still searching for their first win of the league season.

He explained: “It was a tough last few days seeing the manager and Liam going. Nobody wanted to see that. The players had a great relationship with them. “The manager has the right to call out players if he feels that is right. Everyone in the dressing room will tell you it wasn’t good enough at the weekend.

“If you give him service, he will score goals. We felt we should have had him back a long time ago but he kept on getting little niggles. “In parts of games we’ve played really well. We just haven’t been good enough in both boxes. On Wednesday we defended crosses and set-pieces really well. We took our chances at the other end.

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