Drey Wright reveals former striker role and gives 'long may it continue' message after recent scoring form

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Drey Wright revealed he used to play striker as a youngster - but won’t be getting carried away with his recent scoring exploits for St Johnstone.The 27-year-old has been deployed on the right flank - often at wing-back - but is now the club’s top scorer in the league with five goals.Wright netted a clever finish against Motherwell last Wednesday evening and then backed it up with a powerful drive from distance in the home defeat to Celtic on Sunday.“It is nice to get amongst the goals and long may it continue if it helps us pick up points,” Wright said.“Personally it is a good thing for me.

It has never really been a massive part of my game.“I think my highest total has always been three and that was my first year playing the game.“I was becoming a bit of a tap-in merchant this season, all very similar goals.

But the one on Wednesday against Motherwell was a good finish and then against Celtic was from outside of the box.“The goalkeeper got a touch but seeing the ball hit the back of the net was a relief.“There is a bit of variety to the goals now, which is nice.“But I’m not sure I’ll be getting encouraged to keep shooting from that distance because I’ve had a few in training and previous games nowhere near the net.“I played striker Sunday league and scored loads of goals.

The professional game is a bit tougher!”Despite the finishing scoreline of 4-1, Wright felt Saints handled themselves rather well against league leaders Celtic.He said: “When you get the ball against Celtic you need to protect it and I think we did that.“It was probably one of our best performances in possession against them and we limited them to fewer chances.“But, with the quality they have got, they will punish you.“We were 3-1 down at half-time