Birthday boy McGinn gutted
Not Saints’ finest hour
Saints skipper Stephen McGinn was dealt a severe case of the birthday blues as his side crashed to a home defeat against Dumbarton.
McGinn, who was celebrating his 29th birthday on Saturday, would have been looking forward to blowing out his candles in celebration, instead he and his team mates huffed and puffed their way through a miserable 1-0 loss.
The St Mirren captain admitted his team were simply second best to a well-drilled Dumbarton side, who came with a game plan and stuck to it.
He said:“We all feel like we have let ourselves down.
“From having such a good week, it’s just such a sour end. Six points from nine is not an absolute disaster but it feels like it just now.
“We’ve had a proud home record since January, which we have lost so really frustrated and disappointed with that too.
“I can’t put my finger on it. We put a lot in to Tuesday and sometimes it is difficult to replicate that on the Saturday.
“But you have to respect Dumbarton. They were better than us and did a number on us by not letting us get into our rhythm.
“We found it hard it hard to create chances against them.
“Against 10 men, they started to create chances against us and went on to win the game. We can have no complaints.”
“In the first half, we didn’t play and we didn’t really get into our rhythm.
“Dumbarton always make it hard for you , so we respect how difficult it always is against them.”
Former Buddie Tom Walsh sealed the win with a piece of quality finishing in the second half, but McGinn thinks the real turning point was the the red card given to Stelio just before half time.
“Losing a man right before half time was a killer as well,” added McGinn.
“Coming out winning into the second half, gave them the impetus to go and try to get something from the game and we never really recovered from it,” he added
“Stelios did apologise. I thought it was a clear red at the time, so no complaints with the ref.
“Just a really frustrating day all round.”
They were a lot better than us and did a number on us by not letting us get into our rhythm