There is a frustrating absurdity to the opening months of the Scottish football calendar and St Johnstone are finding themselves caught in its bizarre, stuttering momentum. Instead, Perth fans are treated to a schedule so sparse and disjointed it feels less like an elite league campaign and more like an occasional weekend gathering. After unsuccessfully navigating the July group stages of the League Cup, St Johnstone enter August and September facing long, baffling voids between league fixtures.