Defiant defender Declan Gallagher dismissed claims he wasn’t ok for Aberdeen as “nonsense”.
The centre-back made his aggressive debut for St Mirren towards Arbroath on Saturday after an underwhelming spell on the Dons. Whereas the tie led to defeat, Gallagher is adamant there’s lots extra to return from each him and his new Saints team-mates after they finally hit their stride.
Chatting with File Sport he mentioned: “It’s not nice dropping any recreation, not to mention to a last-minute purpose. “I don’t assume we seemed very sharp. A couple of of the boys have to get a number of extra minutes within the legs, clearly it’s nonetheless very early doorways for all of us. However that’s no excuse contemplating it’s early for Arbroath as effectively they usually’re a part-time staff. We must always have been fitter. We did create few possibilities. Joe Shaughnessy hit the bar and I had one cleared off the road. I'd have liked to begin my profession right here with a purpose after all. I couldn’t have come a lot nearer, the boy was stood behind the road as he cleared it!
“We performed some good things. You may see as a staff we’ll be superb as soon as we’re as much as full velocity.
"The whole lot was up within the air once I was at Aberdeen. It was a stop-start season for me. There was a number of speak about me not being ok for Aberdeen, however that’s simply nonsense.
“I’ve obtained 9 worldwide caps for Scotland already. There’s no approach you are able to do that and never be ok to go and play at Aberdeen. It wasn’t match however I’m delighted to be right here at St Mirren.”
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