In Saturday's Scottish Premiership fixture between St Mirren and St Johnstone, fans will know that we 'battled and scrapped' to a good 2-0 victory on the day thanks to a Mikael Mandron double, although his long range effort for the first goal was awarded as an own goal.
The three points kept us in fifth place in the table, and more than keeps alive our hopes of securing a potential European spot at the end of the season, given how well we have performed already throughout the year and you will get more on Kickform on whether or not they think that form will continue.
For lots of fans, on both sides, the game may well have been unfortunately overshadowed by the worrying scenes following the full time whistle, where Adama Sidibeh collapsed.
Manager Craig Levein, in his later update, confirmed that the 25 year old player was 'conscious' and 'stable' and it seems that he had low blood pressure, but he had been taken to hospital for additional further testing purely on a precautionary basis, in case club doctors and medics had 'missed something'.
St Johnstone have since confirmed that the Gambian attacker has now been released from the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, and will continue his recovery at home and with the clubs' medical staff.
With our medical team also making a pretty swift response to the unfortunate issue that unfolded on the pitch, St Johnstone's statement naturally had thanks for staff on our side for the support that they received.
Manager Stephen Robinson was also very quick to send well wishes of his own to the player and those on the opposition, particularly picking out the quick response of our own medical team, and he thanked St Johnstone for acknowledging that, praising the reaction of their medical team as well.
"Our medical team were incredible, physio Gerry Docherty and Ian Heron, our doc, were top class. St Johnstone acknowledged that as well, both medical teams. It really does put football into perspective when a boy has collapsed on the football pitch."
Adding that he hoped to see Sidibeh back on the pitch 'fit and healthy' as soon as possible, Levein went on to add that they would be doing 'further checks' of their own for peace of mind as obviously the player had taken a blow to his head during the match, but he had not shown any symptoms of a lasting problem when assessed by their physio, so he naturally stayed on the pitch.
The event will understandably grow the debate around potential concussion issues in the professional game of football, and it will certainly reignite the debate that surrounds whether or not any head issue should see the rules changed whereby the player is instantly, but temporarily substituted for ten to fifteen minutes for a full medical assessment, before a full substitution decision is taken.
Not least as on Saturday we also saw Hamilton Academical's defender Kyle Macdonald suffer a serious head injury in their League 1 defeat to Alloa. Sadly in that instance it has now been confirmed that the 24 year old former Motherwell, Airdrie and Dunfermline player had sustained a fractured skull.
With plenty of Buddies fans expressing their own well wishes following the full time whistle, the news is what those on both sides would have wanted, so we can look forward to the upcoming clash with Ross County as we look to boost our European hopes even further.
