Simo Valakari is set to put a timescale on Stevie Mallan’s St Johnstone first team return after the Perth playmaker passed this week’s test with flying colours. The former Hibs and St Mirren man has been back on the grass for a few days following a high ankle sprain sustained nearly five weeks ago. And now that Mallan has been able to increase his workload significantly, Valakari and his backroom staff will firm up a plan for a return to Championship action. “We have seen Stevie going the right way,” the Finn reported. “These first days have gone according to plan.”There have been no problems for Louis Lloyd since he started running again.