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BBC News
8 hours ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Robinson glad to see St Mirren 'revive' League Cup campaign
Manager Stephen Robinson was relieved to see St Mirren "revive" their League Cup campaign with a 2-1 win at League Two side Buddies boss was far from happy that his Scottish Premiership side drew 0-0 with Arbroath on Saturday before losing the penalty shootout and bonus fourth-tier Forfar, defender Jayden Richardson drove in his first goal for the club after nine minutes and Mikael Mandron doubled that lead after 75 minutes, with Kieran Inglis reducing the deficit with a fine told St Mirren's official X account: "It was a win. These games are a hiding to nothing. You come here, a real sticky pitch. Everyone expects you to win five and six."We started extremely well and then we got a bit casual with things, without Forfar really threatening apart from free-kicks we gave away needlessly."We need a few fresh faces to freshen things up as well. But as I've always said at this stage of the season, you're still searching for your best 11 people, you are still searching for form."You're expected to come in and roll people over and Rangers and Celtic don't go to Livingston and Kilmarnock (artificial pitches) and roll them over."It's difficult to move the ball on these surfaces. It's difficult to get any kind of momentum."And we can be better, of course, we can be better in certain aspects and in our decision-making, especially."But we did what we needed to do to win, to sort of revive the campaign again, and we will go on and try and win the next two games and qualify."
Daily Record
5 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Record
St Mirren duo set to miss Premier Sports Cup group opener due to 'virus'
Stephen Robinson has revealed that Conor McMenamin and Mikael Mandron could miss the first competitive game of the season after a virus takes over the team. Stephen Robinson has set out his ambitions for St Mirren in the Premier Sports Cup but faces a virus outbreak ahead of the game today. The Saints pitch up at Gayfield this afternoon to take on Championship side Arbroath in the first competitive action of the season. However, Robbo has been dealt a major blow as two players look set to be ruled out due to a virus circling the team. Conor McMenamin — who missed Tuesday's friendly against Airdrie — hasn't trained all week after being floored by a virus, with Mikael Mandron looking set to miss out too after being hit by the same bug on Wednesday. Liam Donnelly won't feature either after injuring his Achilles. It means the Saints gaffer will potentially be forced to call up five or six academy players to fill the bench. 'We've got a virus running about at the moment,' Robinson told the Paisley Daily Express. 'Conor McMenamin hasn't trained all week so won't be involved. 'Mikael Mandron has had a similar bout but not quite as bad. We'll assess Mika, he's 50-50. 'Liam Donnelly won't feature with his Achilles, so we're a little light in numbers. 'We'll have some academy boys on the bench and we're still trying to bring in a few more players. 'That's proving to be a battle. It's getting harder and harder to bring players in, with the money going crazy at every level.' Winning the League Cup is a feeling the Saints fans know all to well, having achieved that feat in 2013 when they triumphed over Hearts 3-2. Since then, they have only made it to the semi-finals once (1-0 loss to Livingston in 2021), and under Robbo, they have made it to the quarter-finals (4-2 defeat to Hibs in 2023). But Robinson has set out his ambition to recreate his first season in charge at Motherwell (17/18), when led the club to two finals at Hampden in the Scottish and League Cup — and wants to achieve the same feat at St Mirren. He said: 'I've seen what it can do when you get to cup finals. 'The town of Motherwell was buzzing and the positivity of the crowd at both finals was huge. 'There's very good financial rewards as well. 'So for a club like ourselves, the chance of winning a league is minimal but the chance of winning a cup is possible.' Despite it being a brilliant chance to have a shot at the trophy, the Northern Irishman still isn't a fan of the format of the competition. He went on to say: 'It just starts extremely early on. I think there's more chance of getting injuries at this stage of the season, when you've only been back two or three weeks. 'But it's an opportunity for us to get to the last-16 and see how far we can go. It's an opportunity down the line to win a trophy, so we certainly don't take it lightly. 'I'd change the format of it, but it's still a huge chance for us to progress.'
BBC News
08-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Mandron double as St Mirren beat Airdrieonians
Mikael Mandron scored twice as St Mirren defeated hosts Airdrieonians 2-0 in their final pre-season struck after being set up by Marcus Fraser on the quarter-hour the forward, 30, headed his second after the Robinson's side start their competitive season away to Arbroath in the Scottish League Cup on Saturday.
Yahoo
29-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
'None of them done themselves any harm' - Kerr praises young Buddies
St Mirren assistant manager Brian Kerr says "a few staked their claim" in the Buddies comfortable pre-season friendly win against Dumbarton. Mikael Mandron opened the scoring for Stephen Robinson's side before Roland Idowu added a double and James Scott rounded off the scoring with a late goal. Advertisement "I think it's always important that strikers get opportunities and chances," Kerr said. "We've managed to get Mika, Roland and James all scoring goals today, which is pleasing for us and important for them on a personal point of view. "A good workout, a good performances along the way with young boys and with some of the experienced ones. "There's a couple of them really state their claim for their place in the season." The Buddies had a number of academy graduates and young players out at The Rock, and Kerr added "none of them have done themselves any harm". Advertisement "It's great for the young boys to come in," he added. "Obviously, Callum [Penman] and Evan [Mooney] came in last season. We've got Billy [Hutchison] and Thomas [Falconer] that came in and performed very, very well. "Opportunities are there for the boys if they want to take them. Certainly, none of them have done themselves any harm."
Scottish Sun
24-06-2025
- Business
- Scottish Sun
Scottish Premiership side to net significant profit on striker who only joined in January and didn't score a single goal
It's also understood they have a sell-on claus NET PROFIT Scottish Premiership side to net significant profit on striker who only joined in January and didn't score a single goal Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) ST MIRREN have tonight accepted a bid from Plymouth Argyle for fringe striker Owen Oseni. The 22 year-old attacker only joined the Buddies in a £120,000 transfer from Gateshead in January. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 Owen Oseni signs for St Mirren 2 Owen Oseni, Mikael Mandron and Toyosi Olusanya celebrate Credit: Andrew Barr And the Paisley club have agreed a deal which will see them net a significant profit for the Irishman. It's also understood they have a sell-on clause as part of the terms Oseni scored 13 goals in the National League in the first half of last season. That saw him snapped up by Stephen Robinson, signing a three and a half year contract. But despite failing to hit the net in ten Scottish Premiership appearances, he's now on his way to the Championship as Pilgrims boss Tom Cleverly's latest signing as he looks to replace goalscorer Ryan Hardie. More to follow. Rangers transfer special including Coady latest, why Turgeman move could be off & why Shankland's a no-brainer Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page
