Brian Easton ready to hand St Johnstone captain's armband back to Dave Mackay

St Johnstone left-back Brian Easton is ready to hand back the captain's armband to Dave Mackay.

But the Saints defender has savoured skippering the Perth side to wins against Morton and Hamilton.

With Mackay, nicknamed Cup Tie, ruled out by suspension and deputy Chris Millar sidelined by a hamstring strain, the left-back was given the leadership role by manager Tommy Wright.

But he knew it was only a temporary command post until Saturday's Ladbrokes Premiership contest with Kilmarnock. 

Easton said: "I was proud to be captain against Morton and at Hamilton.

"When Frazer Wright left for Dumbarton, Midgey stepped up to be vice captain to Cup Tie. But with both of them out I was buzzing to get the armband from the gaffer.

"I am the club captain and I was just keeping the armband warm for Cup Tie until he served his two game suspension. I will hand it back now but with clenched teeth. 

"Seriously, it an honour being asked to be captain of this team and it shows you I must be doing something right.

"We have a few leaders on the park and that makes it easy for whoever is captain.

"We had three big players missing at Hamilton - Dave Mackay, Chris Millar and Steven MacLean - which shows the strength in depth we have here." 

League Cup semi-finalists Saints have advanced to fourth place in the table and have pieced together eight wins in their last 11 starts.

Easton wants to sign off for the international break by adding to the win tally against Kilmarnock at McDiarmid Park.

And that would atone for a 2-1 loss to Partick Thistle, which ruined an otherwise perfect October track record. 

"We are on a good run but no-one is getting carried away," said Easton.

"We got off to our usual slow start but we always believed it would turn. We were scoring goals b ut we were conceding too many sloppy ones. That wasn't like us and we knew it would turn.

"We seem to have tightened up at the back but we are still managing to score. 

"Hopefully we can keep that going against Killie but we know it won't be easy because they beat us 2-1 at Rugby Park earlier in the season."

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