Queen of the South make deadline day move before the window shuts

Deimantas Petravicius and Iain Wilson have signed for the Doonhamers.

Queen of the South have added two players to their squad before the transfer window shuts.

The Doonhamers have signed Lithuanian Deimantas Petravicius who most recently played in Kazakhstan with FC Okzhetpes but he has also played for Motherwell and Falkirk. Midfielder Iain Wilson has also signed on loan from Kilmarnock for the rest of the season for his second stint at Palmerston.

Manager Allan Johnston said: "Following the departure of Faissal El Bakhtaoui we needed to add another attack minded player.

"Deimantas is known for his pace and the fact that he can play in any attacking position means he is a player that I am pleased to have been able to bring to Palmerston.  It has taken a little bit of time but I am happy to finally get it over the line.

"Iain is a strong physical presence in any team. Although he is still young he has good experience having played for Kilmarnock in the Premiership and of course for Queens in the Championship last season."

Meanwhile, the Queen of the South squad is pulling in the same direction, according to right-back Scott Mercer.

Despite a tough run of results – and the Doonhamers sitting in eighth in the Championship – the 24-year-old insists the squad still has its sights on the promotion play-offs ahead of the visit of Dunfermline.

Scott (below) said: “Dunfermline have got some decent players in their squad.

“They have Dom Thomas who we know after he played with us at Queens, he’s a threat. They can be quite a direct team so they won’t have any shame in lumping the ball forward so we’ll need to be ready to deal with that.

“After Saturday or any poor result, you come in on a Monday or Tuesday and go over it and then you have to move on. You need to learn from any mistakes you made then move on. But the guys are fine right now, it’s a good group and everyone is pulling in the same direction.

“We lost Darren Brownlie this week and he was a big part of the dressing room but I’m sure the boys will step forward to fill that gap.”

Dunfermline ended their five-game losing streak last Friday night when they beat Dundee – and the Doonhamer’s defender is hoping to hand them another defeat at Palmerston on Saturday.

He said: “Obviously they had a good result on Friday against Dundee but they weren’t on a good run of form before then. We’re hoping we get them like that.

“We want to get a good result and keep pushing for that play-off spot. That’s our aim.

“We’ve got games in hand but you’d rather have the points on the board. Even after Saturday if we won the two games in hand we have, we’d be right up there.

“I didn’t see much of the game on Saturday after coming off injured. I think they had three shots on goal and scored from all three. We need to tighten up.”