Alfred Johansson has been speaking to the media as Motherwell prepare to visit St Johnstone on Wednesday night (19:45 GMT).

Here are the key points:

• Amid a six-game losing run, Johansson is "100% confident" his side's form will turn around.

• He says: "If we were training really bad, if we were performing really, really bad in the games, then I would be worried, but that's not the case. For us it's a question of time before we turn this round, that's the belief I have and we have."

• He stressed it is now about "improving the details" and says the past five weeks have been a "sort of pre-season" as the European campaign meant little work was possible and he just had to "throw players out there and play football".

• The Swede adds: "Now we've been able to work, now we see an improvement in our performances, now we just have to keep going with that. We have to be a little more mature, aggressive, cynical, call it what you will."

• Outside noise doesn't bother Johansson, who insists it is a constant in football and he wants Motherwell to be a "closed circle and a locked-in family".

• He doesn't expect there will be much between the teams at McDiarmid Park on Wednesday night, pointing out the sides have "similar output numbers in terms of goals scored and conceded".

• Johansson says St Johnstone are a hard-working, humble team who deserve respect.

• He is hopeful Lucas Fadinger will be fit to play, likewise Regan Charles-Cook. Callum Hendry and Paul McGinn are not ready and Oscar Priestman will have to wait a little longer. Alex Lowry has picked up a small knee injury and likely won't play before the international break.