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  1. 'Cup shock avoided but Iacovitti injury a worry'published at 10:38 21 January

    Craig Devine
    Fan writer

    St Mirren's fan voice

    The fourth round of the Scottish Cup can often serve up a shock result - Kelty putting out St Johnstone, Motherwell slipping up in the other Lanarkshire derby (she's not fine, thanks), Darvel doing the thing… you get the point.

    There was to be no such upset in Dumfries on Saturday as a St Mirren side best described as "in a bit of a rut" after a four-game losing streak saw off spirited Queen of the South in moderately comfortable fashion.

    A brace from Toyosi Olusanya took his tally for the season into double figures before Caolan Boyd-Munce put the game to bed in the final minutes after Brennan Dickenson's edge-of-the-box effort made things a little bit more nervy than they needed to be.

    Seventeen-year-old academy graduate Callum Penman, handed his first start as he came in for Elvis Bwomono, provided one of the highlights of the afternoon with his pinpoint delivery to the head of Olusanya for Saints' second.

    The only real stain on the day came early on when Alex Iacovitti, a recent long-term absence returnee, limped off the field after pulling up with a hamstring injury. A real blow, and one which hopefully doesn't lead to another multiple-week spell in the treatment room.

    To use the cup weekend equivalent of 'three points, up the road' - into the hat we went and the fifth-round draw delivered an all-Premiership home tie against Hearts.

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  2. Offord back at St Mirren after Crusaders loan spellpublished at 21:58 20 January

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    Kieran Offord celebrates scoring a hat-trick against Dungannon Swifts last month

    Kieran Offord has returned to St Mirren after a successful loan spell with Irish Premiership side Crusaders.

    The 20-year-old striker joined the Crues last summer and scored 10 goals in 21 games for the Seaview team.

    Offord moved on a season-long loan but St Mirren have activated a recall option on the forward.

    "The club would like to express our gratitude to Kieran for his contributions during his time with us," said Crusaders on Monday.

    "His efforts on and off the pitch have been greatly appreciated, and we wish him all the very best for the remainder of the season.

    "We would also like to extend our thanks to St Mirren FC for facilitating the loan and for their cooperation throughout the process. Kieran departs with our best wishes for his future success."

  3. 'It looks like a new star has emerged'published at 17:33 19 January

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    We asked for your thoughts after St Mirren beat Queen of the South 3-1 in the Scottish Cup fourth round.

    Here's what you had to say.

    Eddie: Job done. Winning in cup games is all that matters. It looks like a new star has emerged, young Callum Penman was impressive. Let's not forget he is only 17, and it is about managing his development. Anyway now we just have to beat Aberdeen in our next game, let's get new signings in and get points on the board.

    Dougie: In the end a comfortable win, but we were put under pressure when Queen of the South scored. Good performances from Marcus Fraser, Scott Tanser, Penman and Toyosi Olusanya. Mikael Mandron was the weak link, again. Play young Evan Mooney, at least he is a goal scorer and shows great potential.

  4. 'We fancy ourselves against anyone in the cup' - Olusanyapublished at 16:49 19 January

    Toyosi OlusanyaImage source, SNS

    Toyosi Olusanya says St Mirren back themselves against anyone in the Scottish Cup after Saturday's 3-1 victory against League One opponents Queen of the South.

    Olusanya's first-half double was key for Stephen Robinson's side, sliding in at the back post to open the scoring before heading home Callum Penman's cross for the second.

    The forward is optimistic about St Mirren's chances in the cup and is hopeful he can keep contributing and improving at the Paisley club.

    "It was a positive day for us, we came here and got the result we wanted and are looking forward to the next game in the cup," said Olusanya.

    "We started the game with good intensity and I am happy to contribute goal wise.

    "We showed professionalism throughout the whole game and getting a goal late on shows how hard we worked and how prepared we were and we dealt with the pressure.

    "When you're the team in the higher league, expectations are always on you to win but they are never easy games as they are a good team with good players.

    "It was a good game overall. I'm happy with the goals so just want I keep adding and improving.

    "We fancy ourselves against anyone in the cup, we just need to keep building on the win and take each game as it comes."

  5. Queen of the South 1-3 St Mirren: What the manager saidpublished at 18:05 18 January

    St Mirren manager Stephen RobinsonImage source, SNS

    St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson tells BBC Scotland: "These places are always tricky to come to. We were on a bad run, so I thought it was a solid performance.

    "We were in total control for large periods. Credit to Queen of the South, they scored a goal and gave us a little bit of pressure.

    "We showed composure and quality at the end with Caolan's finish, and I thought there were some good performances including Callum Penman, who was excellent from start to finish.

    "We stopped moving the ball quickly at times, but ultimately we showed our quality. These games are hard. We managed to stop the losing run and that's the pleasing aspect.

    "It doesn't matter how you get through in the cup - we did what we had to do."

  6. Queen of the South 1-3 St Mirren: Have your saypublished at 17:42 18 January

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    St Mirren fans, were you at Palmerston to see your side's victory in the fourth round of the Scottish Cup or were you following along from home?

    What did you make of the performance, and who stood out for you?

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  7. Queen of the South 1-3 St Mirren: Who impressed?published at 17:37 18 January

    Toyosi Olusanya scores the opening goal of the gameImage source, SNS

    Toyosi Olusanya was St Mirren's standout performer at Palmerston. The English striker now has 10 goals for the season after his first-half double against Queens.

  8. Robinson looking to secure three loan signingspublished at 13:21 17 January

    Stephen RobinsonImage source, SNS

    Manager Stephen Robinson says he knows where St Mirren "need to improve" as he looks to bring in three loan players before the transfer window closes.

    Robinson, who revealed Conor McMenamin has had setback with a leg injury, is working on deals to boost his squad with a "mixture" of players from Scotland and England.

    "We're actually waiting on three deals, all loan deals, and you're always at the mercy of the parent club at bigger levels," said Robinson.

    "And we're doing exactly the same, we're holding some players back to make sure we get players in, and everybody's doing that at this moment in time.

    "So we know what we need to get in. We know where we need to improve. And we believe if we're able to get even two out of the three loan deals through, then it would improve us.

    "But it will likely be next week, if any of them are going to happen "There's lots of targets, I can assure you. So things change very quickly."

    Robinson says Saturday's Scottish Cup tie at third-tier Queen of the South will give his "a little bit of breathing space" after four successive league defeats.

    "We've been a bit up and down. We've won three, lost four, and that's the league at the minute," he said.

    "People are going on really good runs, really poor runs. So it (the Cup) gives you a little bit of breathing space from that.

    "But also, every time you go into these competitions, it's an opportunity to progress.

    "We've got a draw that we feel is a hard draw away from home, but one that we should be good enough to win if we perform. And we will have to perform to our top levels to do that."

  9. Can Buddies avoid cup upset?published at 09:29 17 January

    Clive Lindsay
    BBC Sport Scotland

    St Mirren's Alex Gogic scoresImage source, SNS
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    Alex Gogic scored the only goal between the sides a year ago

    The luck, or bad luck, of the fourth-round draw means not too many lower league sides have home ties that immediately suggest a Scottish Cup shock could be on the cards, but Saturday's game between Queen of the South and St Mirren is one of them.

    Stephen Robinson's side have slipped to eighth in the Premiership after four straight defeats.

    And, although they knocked Queens out at the same stage last season, it was only by a single Alex Gogic goal at home.

    This time, the side sitting sixth in League 1, and now managed by Peter Murphy, have home advantage and have not lost at Palmerston in five games, albeit their last defeat was a particularly sore one - 5-1 by Kelty Hearts.

    However, the Buddies have won on their latest nine meetings, winning five in Dumfries since their last defeat there in February 2016, and will be favourites to prevent Queens reaching the last 16 for the first time since 2019.

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  10. Is missing penalties now 'St Mirren's thing'?published at 15:42 16 January

    David Currie
    BBC Sport Scotland Senior Reporter

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    For reasons I won't go into (but are quite entertaining) I found myself sitting in my car outside the SMISA stadium on Saturday rather than inside.

    Windows wound down, I heard the announcer proclaim that Toyosi Olusanya was entering the fray with just under half an hour of regulation time to play.

    Good, I thought. That might just be the stroke of tactical genius from Stephen Robinson required to break down the Dundee United defence and end the Buddies' three-match losing streak..

    Olusanya's pace could pose the visitors real problems. I told myself he might even (ahem) 'win' a penalty.

    Sure enough, I was right. Well, even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day.

    However, I hadn't factored in that United would continue their habit of scoring late goals, or that St Mirren's penalty would be taken by Olusanya himself, or be missed. What was I thinking? Look at the evidence.

    Three kicks from the penalty mark had already been missed by the Paisley Saints this season.

    If all four pens had been scored the Buddies could be third or fourth in the table – assuming of course there were no other outcome-changing incidents in these games.

    There's a danger missing penalties could become 'St Mirren's thing' in the way that picking up red cards was Kilmarnock's. But even the worst habits can be broken.

    So who is the man to break this one?

    Scott Tanser has thrown his hat into the ring. Bravo. The manager previously hinted vice-captain Marcus Fraser might step up. Maybe best not to stick all your penalty eggs in one basket, especially since the next game is in the Scottish Cup.

    Replays are no longer a thing, so in the event of a draw it is extra time and penalties if required.

    While a shootout win might be the very dab to exorcise the ghosts of all those missed spot-kicks, it's probably better to get the business done against Queen of the South on Saturday inside 90 minutes.

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  11. 'Concerns are mounting for blunt Buddies'published at 10:48 14 January

    Andrew Christie
    Fan writer

    St Mirren fan voice

    Another afternoon at the SMISA that leaves us pondering the fine margins of football.

    For the fourth time this season, nothing separated St Mirren and Dundee United in general play. Yet also for a fourth time this season, Jim Goodwin's men found themselves celebrating another victory, this time thanks to Louis Moult's acrobatic 88th-minute finish.

    While these sides have made a habit of cancelling each other out, Saturday offered a more open affair. Despite the familiar outcome, both teams traded blows in what, at times, was an end-to-end contest where both created genuine chances.

    There was Richard Taylor's header cleared off the line, Mikael Mandron rattling of the underside of the bar, but it was Toyosi Olusanya's afternoon that will keep the Paisley faithful awake for the foreseeable.

    First, sent clean through by a lovely lifted Mandron ball, he could only find United keeper Jack Walton's feet when the bottom corner beckoned. Then, after Moult's overhead kick seemed to have settled matters, redemption presented itself in the form of a stoppage-time penalty. The script was written, but Walton hadn't read it, diving left to push away an admittedly tame effort and preserve United's lead.

    With the greatest of respect to Dundee United, they personify the distinction between a good team and an effective one. Goodwin's men have mastered the art of making fine margins fall in their favour. Whether it's Moult's moment of magic or Walton's penalty heroics, they consistently find ways to position themselves on the right side of decisive moments.

    For Saints, the concerns are mounting. Four defeats on the bounce, three games without scoring, and a drop out of the top six paint a worrying picture. Since that Boxing Day high against Rangers, we've struggled to capture anything approaching a clinical edge.

    The frustrating thing is, we looked more ourselves for long periods at the weekend. The pressing was better, the movement was sharper and we created the types of chances that usually end up in the back of the net. Saints recorded an expected goals (xG) tally of 2.19 on Saturday without finding the net.

    Football of course, isn't played on spreadsheets, but if it was, Saturday was Jim Goodwin dressing up as the Microsoft paperclip and kicking your head in in front of all your mates.

    So I'll grit my teeth and concede - United are reaping the rewards of shrewd summer recruitment and excellent coaching. They've built a squad of Premiership stalwarts supplemented by exciting additions, and Goodwin has them playing with a ruthless efficiency that's carrying them towards European football.

    The January transfer window could prove crucial in turning our fortunes around. The arrival of Owen Oseni from Gateshead has already added fresh firepower to our attacking options, while the imminent loan signing of Crystal Palace's promising young winger Franco Umeh could provide that spark of creativity we've been missing in recent weeks.

    For Robinson and his team, the challenge now is clear. We need to find that clinical edge again, to start tipping those crucial moments our way... the foundations are there, but until we develop that killer instinct, we'll continue to fall short of our true potential.

    Next week's Scottish Cup trip to League One outfit Queen of the South could provide the perfect opportunity to rediscover our scoring touch and build some much-needed momentum.

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  12. 'I'll be first to put myself forward' - Tanser keen to take penaltiespublished at 14:56 13 January

    Scott TanserImage source, SNS

    "Confident" Scott Tanser has revealed he will "put himself forward" for the challenge, and pressure, of taking penalties for St Mirren, should he be asked.

    The Buddies missed a fourth penalty of the season on Saturday when Toyosi Olusanya saw his spot-kick saved in the 1-0 defeat to Dundee United and now the full-back has thrown his hat into the ring.

    "I put myself forward when I was at St Johnstone where I took penalties and so I'm happy to step forward on that aspect if I'm called upon," the 30-year-old said following the defeat in Paisley.

    "I back myself and I'm confident but at the end of the day, it's a team decision and we'll reassess and see who takes the next one.

    "I've not asked but if I get asked, I'll certainly be first to put myself forward.

    "It's whoever feels confident. Obviously people have missed, but they are confident penalty takers.

    "Toyosi was confident enough to take it, he did, he's missed and there's nothing else to say about it.

    "People practice penalties. You can hit so many penalties on the training pitch but, when it comes to the game, there is the added pressure that you have to score.

    "Sometimes it goes either way. Their keeper has pulled off a good save and they've reacted quickest to put the ball out of play.

    "Everyone misses penalties. It's a part of the game and we just move on."

  13. Trio in for Buddies striker - gossippublished at 09:16 13 January

    Ross County, Ayr United and Partick Thistle are all interested in 24-year-old out-of-favour St Mirren striker James Scott. (Daily Record)

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  14. Highlights: St Mirren 0-1 Dundee Utdpublished at 18:22 12 January

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  15. 'Top six is gone'; 'Desperate stuff'published at 13:44 12 January

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    We asked for your views on St Mirren's late 1-0 defeat against Dundee United.

    Here's what some of you said:

    Ian: Sorry Stephen Robinson, Toyosi Olusanya has to go. Too erratic by far. Where is the leadership from Mark O'Hara, why is he hiding? How many more penalties are we going to squander?

    Stuart: Same old, same old. Overpaid donkeys. Bringing on three kids in extra time shows how bereft of ideas Robinson is.

    Alistair: A difficult result to take where a draw would have been fair. United fans were ecstatic and quite rightly so. Our penalty looked like a dodgy decision and why it was given to Olusanya to take, I'll never know. Top six is gone and we now have to concentrate on avoiding the relegation threat.

    John: Absolutely desperate stuff again from the Buddies. Robinson made some key changes in the starting XI, but they felt more like a panic move than a positive tactical change. Certainly not helped by so many players playing poorly, but we look so predictable. Four defeats to United this season means Jim Goodwin joins Derek McInnes and Kilmarnock in owning us.

    William: If ever a team threw away three points, Saints did. Olusanya has been a winner for us but he must have left the field full of guilt. It's very frustrating that he lost us this game. These mistakes are going to make it really challenging to remain in the top six.

  16. St Mirren 0-1 Dundee United: Key statspublished at 11:41 12 January

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    • Dundee United have scored in 18 of their 23 games, only Celtic (20) have scored goals in more matches in the Premiership this season.

    • St Mirren have failed to score in their last three games in the Premiership, their last longer run of games without scoring a goal in the competition was a run of five from 14 March 2015 to 13 April 2015.

    • St Mirren have failed to score in nine of their 23 games, no team has failed to do so more often in the Premiership this season.

    • Dundee United have kept a clean sheet in eight of their 23 games, only Rangers (11) and Celtic (17) have done this more often in the Premiership this season.

    • St Mirren have lost their last four games in the Premiership, their last joint longest losing streak was from 28 September 2024 to 27 October 2024.

  17. St Mirren 0-1 Dundee Utd: What Robinson saidpublished at 17:49 11 January

    Stephen RobinsonImage source, SNS

    St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson: "All defeats are hard to take. I thought we played very well and created numerous chances to get at least a point.

    "Ultimately, Dundee United are winning games because they do what they do and they do it very well. They wouldn't have conceded [the goal we did].

    "We did and have conceded that goal on numerous occasions this season. We're not playing particularly poorly, but both 18-yard boxes are an issue.

    "We're conceding soft goals from not particularly good deliveries into our box. We're creating chances, playing some half-decent football.

    "To get a 20-goal striker is not something that's there, we have to work on trying to improve people."

  18. St Mirren 0-1 Dundee Utd: Analysispublished at 17:40 11 January

    Nick McPheat
    BBC Sport Scotland

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    Four defeats in a row, three of which St Mirren have failed to score in.

    Since a fine Boxing Day win over Rangers, it has been a tough couple of weeks for Stephen Robinson and his players.

    Their misfortunate in this one comes from a lack of cutting edge, failing to score with an expected goals rating of 2.19.

    As well as the gilt-edged chances for Toyosi Olusanya and Mikael Mandron, Killian Phillips' first-half header was also denied by the impressive Jack Walton before Elvis Bwomono slipped at the back post while aiming to strike at goal.

    The 17 shots St Mirren registered is much higher than their season average of 11, and Robinson must ensure this does not become a trend that can derail their season.

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  19. St Mirren 0-1 Dundee Utd: Have your saypublished at 17:31 11 January

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