Stephen Robinson lifts the lid on Tony Watt relationship as St Mirren boss hopes to dodge Dundee United reunion

Stephen Robinson helped get Tony Watt ’s career back on track but he’s hoping the Dundee United hitman is not up and running this weekend.

The St Mirren gaffer got him on the straight and narrow after years of bouncing between clubs across the continent.

Watt was motoring for Motherwell until United snapped him up for a six-figure fee in January.

The frontman is battling back from injury and could face his former boss in Paisley tomorrow.

But Robinson said: “I hope he’s not back for the weekend, first and foremost! One more game without him would be nice.

“Tony is a lovely boy. The biggest thing for me was, when Tony came to Motherwell he thought he was working hard enough. He thought he was at his maximum – but he wasn’t. I think I pushed him, the staff pushed him, and he hit the ground running.

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“The fans loved him. Tony wants to be loved and recognised for what he is but at the time he probably wasn’t pushing himself as much as he should have been for his talent.

“A lot of players wait for it to happen but you have to go and make it happen. Tony’s done that and he’s stepped it up.

“It’s nice to see he’s got his career. Back on track. He did very well for me at Motherwell and for Graham Alexander