Source: Team_Talk
Pressley ready for switched-on Saints
Falkirk boss Steven Pressley insists he does not expect any favours from St Johnstone even though they have already secured their SPL status.[LNB] Pressley studied for his Pro-License badge alongside Saints counterpart Derek McInnes and has been impressed by how the McDiarmid Park manager has handled his first season in the top flight, ahead of Wednesday night's clash between the sides.[LNB]After winning promotion last year, the Perth side have comfortably survived in the league having opened up a 17 point lead on basement side Falkirk.[LNB]Falkirk host St Johnstone in their penultimate league encounter before heading to Kilmarnock, who they are level on points with, for a relegation decider this weekend.[LNB]Their opponents head into the game without any pressure but Pressley has warned his players that St Johnstone have not yet downed their tools.[LNB]He said: "Teams like St Johnstone deserve a great degree of credit because it's easy to switch off in their situation but they have not done so.[LNB]"They have shown great professionalism and one thing for sure is that we know it's going to be a real test and one we need to come through.[LNB]"I did my Pro-License with Derek and he's a guy I have the utmost respect for. "He has done a terrific job there, he has won the first division and come up and put together a very good St Johnstone side.[LNB]"We don't speak a lot but I think he's done a terrific job."[LNB]Falkirk blew the chance to lift themselves off the SPL basement for the first time in over two months on Saturday when ten-man St Mirren struck a late equaliser.[LNB]However, Pressley is refusing to be downbeat following that result as they are still the masters of their own destiny with two games remaining.[LNB]He added: "The most important time to be off the bottom is after the final game of the season.[LNB]"To be perfectly honest I think everyone at the turn of the year expected Falkirk to be relegated at this stage. "We're disappointed we didn't win the game, of course, but we know our situation and we didn't want a situation to happen that our destiny is in other peoples' hands.[LNB]"It's still very much in our own hands and we have two games to go that we can win survival and that's hugely important."[LNB]Pressley and St Mirren manager Gus MacPherson accused each other of lacking respect after a tense relegation battle on Saturday but the former Scotland defender is refusing to add fuel to their public spat.[LNB]He added: "The truth is it doesn't concern me, all that concerns me is my team. I've never been disrespectful to other managers, the most important thing for me is my team."
