Brechin City have doubts over four players ahead of their home Scottish Cup quarter-final clash with St Johnstone on Saturday.

Neil Janczyk, Rory McAllister, Kevin Byers, Gerry McLauchlan are all carrying knocks.

St Johnstone midfielders Chris Millar and Jody Morris have recovered from respective hamstring and back injuries.

But defender Michael Duberry, midfielder Kevin Moon and striker Sam Parkin remain sidelined through injury.



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Brechin City manager Jim Weir:
"If we get through, it will be dreamland stuff for the town.

"We have only a small population, but all our tickets are sold out and the shops in the town have the window dressings with good luck messages. It's great.

"It will be an old-fashioned cup tie. It is disappointing that the cameras will not be there to televise it live, but we will make the best of it and hopefully it is a good day for the town.

"The committee have worked hard over the years to maintain the club in its present position, which is a great testament to their hard work. It will be a payback for them to win.

"As a player, I got to a few quarter-finals and one semi-final, but to take Brechin to a semi-final will be my greatest achievement.

"We are a part-time team so to take them to the last four would be something special and something to savour, but St Johnstone are an excellent SPL side and this will be our biggest hurdle yet."

St Johnstone manager Derek McInnes:
"I can understand we are favourites because it is an SPL club versus a Second Division club, but there won't be complacency from us.

"Our approach will be very professional. We have never been complacent and we have never come up short when we have faced lower-league sides.

"We have played Morton, Queen of the South and Partick Thistle in Cup games this season and won 2-0, 3-0 and 2-0.

"We have done our work on Brechin. We will be able to pinpoint their strengths and weaknesses and every player will know who they will be facing.

"We have three DVDs of their games and, since the draw, we have had them watched six times.

"Brechin are a very fit side and Jim has them very well very organised and you can see why they have a good chance of promotion."

(Report Courtesy of BBC Football Website)