KIRK BROADFOOT was gutted to sign off Inverness duty with a Premiership play-off defeat to St Johnstone.
The veteran defender revealed the second-leg tie at McDiarmid Park on Monday night was his last for Caley Thistle after spending one year in the Highlands.
The former Rangers and Kilmarnock defender says his next club will be more local to his Ayrshire surroundings due to family reasons.
He said: “They’ve got a good core of boys here. The manager will add again. There were big players missing tonight such as Shane Sutherland, who will be back next year. I’m sure they will be there or there abouts.
“Unfortunately, I’ll not be there. This was my final game for the club.
“I’ll keep playing, I feel fit enough. As you can see, it was my 47th game this season, my sixth in 21-days and I feel fine. It will be more local for the family.
“The manager and the club have been great with me – they’ve given me more days off than the rest of the boys. Still, being away from the family for those few nights, I don’t want that next year.
“I’m in no rush to decide. At my age, people look at that rather than performances and stats. Who knows what will happen.
“I’ve had a great season. I’ve been allowed to express myself. With the group we had and the way we played, it was just unfortunately a step too far.”
As Broadfoot said, the fixture scheduling has been brutal for Billy Dodds’ men over the play-off period.
However, he doesn’t think fitness was a factor in Inverness’ eventual 6-2 defeat.
He added: “It is a lot of football, but I think the boys like it. All you’re doing is play, recover, play, recover. It was the same when I was down in England in the Championship, we were playing every Saturday, Tuesday – you actually become used to it.
“The recovery becomes so key. If you don’t do it well, you’ll get found out on the pitch.
“If you look at the League One play-off, it’s a semi-final then a final. Maybe it would be more entertaining that way.”
