It was the Staggies who went closest to breaking the deadlock in the opening five minutes when Blair Spittal’s deflected strike from the edge of the box sailed just inches over the bar with Jak Alnwick already wrong-footed on the floor. Playmaker Jamie McGrath started just behind the front two, with Alan Power and Connor Ronan anchoring the midfield. The Saints had a pre-kick off injury boost with Scott Tanser passed fit to start, with Richard Tait moving into the back three in place of suspended skipper Joe Shaughnessy. The Buddies boss knew how important a win was to St Mirren’s top-six hopes last night and acted accordingly, throwing striker Kristian Dennis up front alongside Eamonn Brophy in a bid to increase the hosts’ firepower.

“But to win games of football you have to score goals.”

“If I’m going to put a positive spin on the result, it’s that we were excellent in the second half. “I feel extremely disappointed that this is another game we could have won but didn’t. “That’s 16 games now and eight draws, which tells its own story. “Yes, they’re the ones judged on goals, but anyone can get on the end of a ball into the box and we’ve had ten or 11 corners and countless other crosses. “I’m not going to throw anyone under the bus here, because it’s not all about the “But it’s our Achilles heel that we’re not taking enough of them. He told Express Sport: “It’s incredibly frustrating – we’ve had 25 attempts on goal and I doubt if anyone who played tonight will have created as many chances. Goodwin insists his side simply must find a way to taste victory again ahead of a difficult run of fixtures up until the end of 2021, with a tricky trip to Pittodrie up first this Saturday afternoon.

The Saints have also only scored once in their last five games and were guilty of passing up numerous opportunities to grab all three points against Ross County, picking up their eighth draw of the campaign already. The Buddies huffed and puffed last night but couldn’t find a way past the stubborn Staggies, with the Paisley club’s streak of games without a victory now stretching to seven. Jim Goodwin admits St Mirren’s winless run can’t continue much longer after suffering another disappointing draw.

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