St Johnstone striker Chris Kane using international break to get up to full speed

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St Johnstone striker Chris Kane is using the international break to get up to full speed – and scored the only goal in a bounce game win against St Mirren this week.The unfortunate forward recently returned from a lengthy spell on the sidelines but feels he is edging closer to peak match fitness.Kane has had a couple of fleeting appearances this season and came off the bench to great effect against Dundee last weekend.He picked up more minutes in the 1-0 victory against the Buddies on Wednesday.“We have a lot of training coming up which will get me more fitness that I need,” he said. “I’ve had a good few weeks of training now.“I got minutes on Saturday and have played a bounce game too.

The fitness is getting there. The more games and training I do, the fitter I will get.“Whatever the manager, Bod [Alex Headrick, sports scientist] and physios want me to do, I’ll be happy to do it.”Kane loved celebrating the last-minute equaliser against Dundee with team-mates.

That was a feeling he had missed.“I have just missed being out there in front of the fans,” he said.“The atmosphere in the stadium is brilliant when you get a result.“It was a horrible feeling when I was in the stand and not able to help.“But the manager has been good with me.

He knows how to manage players and isn’t going to be silly by chucking us back in when we aren’t ready.“I’ll do what I need to do to play and hopefully I start pitching in with goals.“I just want to stay injury-free.