Tommy Wright doesn't believe St Johnstone will move to install an artificial pitch at McDiarmid Park in the near future despite his chairman exploring the idea.

Steve Brown admitted he was considering moving to an all-weather surface in Perth due to extreme weather.

Boss Wright says he's "very much in the grass camp" while top scorer Steven MacLean is unable to play on plastic pitches due to injury concerns.

Despite Brown claiming he was giving a switch "serious consideration", Saints manager Wright doesn't believe any change is imminent.

"My thoughts haven't changed. He has said there has been problems for grass pitches this season because of the weather - not just ours.

"We have had a freakish winter with the amount of rain.

"As a chairman he has to look at every possibility.

"And you have to be mindful that the chairman said it was something that could be considered.

"At no stage did he say he is putting the pitch in and I think his first preference would be a hybrid pitch.

"But I can't see it in the near future. We have players who can't play on it, players who couldn't play on it regularly.

"I see grass being very much at St Johnstone for the next few years."

Last week Rangers boss Mark Warburton called for artificial pitches to be banned in Scotland's top flight after his striker Martyn Waghorn was injured during a game on Kilmarnock's 3G surface.

Hamilton Academical are the other Premiership side to currently play on a plastic pitch.

Alan Archibald believes Partick Thistle should stick with their grass surface despite having four matches postponed there since the start of December.

Paul Hartley feels Dundee's Dens Park pitch is in fine condition due to two of the best ground staff in the country.

Hartley, who is used to managing a team on an artificial surface during his spell as Alloa boss, says Dundee's surface has survived the worst of the winter weather and would prefer his team to stick with grass.