Grim Davidson news for Wright
ByPA Sport Report
Published 02/07/2015 at 21:18 GMT
St Johnstone manager Tommy Wright revealed a "distraught" Murray Davidson faced being ruled out for the whole season after suffering another knee injury in the Perth side's Europa League defeat in Armenia.
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Davidson went off a minute before the break with suspected cruciate ligament damage as Saints fell to a 1-0 defeat to Alashkert in the first leg of the first qualifying round.
Confirmation would be a major blow for the 27-year-old, who missed eight months of last year after rupturing a knee tendon, and was hit by a number of minor injuries later in the season.
Wright's team fell to a strike by substitute Mihran Manasyan just before the hour mark but the injury to Davidson could prove to be far more damaging.
Wright told BBC Scotland: "It is a major concern. Initial reports (suggest it) could be his cruciate ligament, so that is not good.
"He is distraught and I am looking at losing him for most of the season.
"It doesn't take away the disappointment of our defeat - but it puts it into perspective.
"He's someone who has gone through the mill with injuries. Hopefully the early reports are wrong, but it doesn't look great."
Davidson also suffered a head wound early in the game, going off for six minutes for treatment, and Wright bemoaned the impact the injuries had on his side's display.
"I don't think we were helped with the early injury in the first minute or so to Murray Davidson," he said.
"For that period, we were 10 men and, in that period, we didn't keep the ball and we gave them a foothold in the game and gave them a bit of a lift.
"The goalkeeper made a good save from David Wotherspoon, but they were certainly better than us in the first half.
"It almost took the goal for us to react and to kick into gear and that's disappointing."
Wright, who saw sub Chris Kane spurn a late chance, added: "Once we went behind, I think we were the slightly better side, moved a lot quicker and created a few opportunities.
"Unfortunately we couldn't get that goal, which would have been a really good result away from home, but we are only 1-0 down and the tie is very much alive."
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