St Mirren boss Stephen Robinson is excited about working with James Scott again after signing the attacker on loan from Exeter until the end of the season.

The Buddies manager gave the 23-year-old his senior debut while he was in charge at Motherwell in 2018 before the forward went on to earn a move to Hull in January 2020.

Robinson is delighted to be reunited with Scott after he moved back to Scotland for the remainder of the campaign.

“James is a player I worked with at Motherwell and we sold him for a substantial fee so that tells you the kind of quality he has,” the Northern Irishman told Saints’ website.

“He had an injury when he first went to Hull that kind of scuppered his chances of success there. Sometimes you need picked back up and I believe I can do that with James.

“He has a lot of talent. He can play anywhere across the front three so he fits in to our system and our squad. He’s someone I’m really looking forward to working with again.

“He’s only 23 with loads of potential and he adds a little spark that, at times, we could be missing in that final third.

“He’s very technical and can play with his left and right foot. He needs to get up to speed with his fitness but if we get a James Scott working as hard as we had him at Motherwell then we’ve got a very good player on our hands.”

Scott, who spent the 2021/22 season on loan at Hibernian, joined Exeter a year ago and has scored three goals in 28 appearances for his parent club so far this term. However, he feels returning north to work under Robinson can help him take his game to another level.

“I’m absolutely delighted to get it over the line,” he said. “When I got the phone call from Stephen Robinson it was a no-brainer.

“I feel like the gaffer got the most out of me as a player. I did really well under him at Motherwell and I feel like he can get the best out of me.”