It’s almost been a year since Jamie McGrath arrived at St Mirren – and he can’t get his head around the fact it’s almost been 12 months already.
The Irish midfielder arrived prior to the Buddies’ Scottish Cup clash with Broxburn last season, since making 36 appearances , his time in Scotland disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. This season though, he has turned into a key player for Jim Goodwin.
McGrath says he’s loving life in Paisley: “I can’t believe it, I think it is the quickest year I have ever had. It feels strange saying that I am here a year because it doesn’t feel like that at all.
“I was only here two months before Covid hit so that really disrupted my time here. But I’ve been loving every minute of it and I feel very settled. It is very strange that it’s been a whole year.
“I was just settling things off the field when everything blew up and the league stopped. Hopefully that won’t happen again and games can keep going between now and the end of the season. But we haven’t even spoke about that.”
McGrath and the Buddies are pushing for a top six spot. Following on from a good December, the Irishman wants St Mirren to keep consistency as St Mirren face Motherwell on Saturday: “December was a good month personally but also a good month for the team.
“The highlight was obviously the League Cup victory over Rangers but we had some very good league performances in there. Hopefully we can keep that going and continue that sort of form into the new year.
“The team seems to be clicking at the right time. We have been on the patch that Motherwell are experiencing at the minute. You just have to come through that. We had many disruptions like Covid and injuries. The squad is finally starting to click and no-one is really on the injury table. We are in a good place and hopefully we can keep that going.
“You have to get the consistency going. We can’t be hot one month and cold the next. As a group we have to try and keep this run going. We were disappointed to lose against Hibs and Rangers. We bounced back with a draw and it was important not to get another loss. We will be bouncing into this weekend looking to start the new year off on a good foot.”
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