The Saints midfielder has been named SPL Player of the Month for April following a series of eye-catching displays and some stunning goals.

Dorman struck for times in four games for the Paisley outfit this month, including wonder strikes against Hibernian and Motherwell.

The 26-year-old's performances saw both Celtic and Rangers linked with potential summer moves for him.

Dorman failed to hit the height he has reached in recent games when he turned out at Hampden on Saturday as Rangers won 3-0 to seal their place in the Scottish Cup final.

While the goalscoring midfielder is flattered to be linked with bigger clubs, he insists the speculation did not get to him.

"I wasn't affected," he said. "The lads had been giving me a bit of stick but I was just looking forward to the game.

"Unfortunately, the start of the game was not ideal and we struggled to get back into it. Rangers played very well defensively and we were not good enough going forward to break them down, so that was disappointing.

"I'm contracted here for another year and we still have a number of important games left this season and that's all I'm focused on at this moment.

"It's pleasing being linked with clubs because it means you're doing things right on the pitch.

"And that's all it's about for me, I've got to make sure I'm playing well for St Mirren.

"We were in the Scottish Cup semi-final and I was looking forward to that but now we've got important games coming up to keep us in the league."

Manager Gus MacPherson slapped a £1million price tag on Dorman's head in the build-up to the semi-final and the midfielder revealed his team-mates gave him plenty of abuse about that.

He said: "I don't know if the manager actually said that but the boys had a good time with it."

Dorman also leapt to the defence of Saints team-mate Will Haining following Pedro Mendes' claims he was fortunate to escape a broken leg when challenged by the defender at Hampden.

Rangers star Mendes was stretchered off following a clash between the pair and slammed the tackle as violent, although he looks set to be fit for the weekend, while Haining is an injury doubt.

But Dorman believes it was a fair challenge.

He said: "It was a 50-50 challenge definitely. I saw Will going for the ball and I think he's actually picked up a knock for the tackle as well.

"In a cup semi-final, passions are running wild and he's made the challenge but Will's gone for the ball and he got the ball.

"Obviously, it's unfortunate that he's picked up an injury from that and hopefully he'll be okay.

"As far as I'm concerned, Scottish football isn't dirty, there are a lot of honest players here and in tackles they go for the ball.

"I didn't think it was a malicious tackle - I thought he was just going for the ball."