We owe it to Oran

Flynn: Let’s turn it around

Ryan Flynn claims St Mirren owe it to their gaffer to turn their fortunes around.

The midfielder, 30, insists the players have let down Oran Kearney and the club’s supporters time and time again throughout a torrid season.

Last weekend’s first-half surrender to Dundee United was just the latest in a line of disappointing performances that more often than not leave Saints giving themselves too much to do.

The second-half fightback proved too little too late, but Flynn says Saints have no one but themselves to blame ahead of today’s clash with Aberdeen.

Flynn said: “We owe the manager, the fans, everyone. The first half wasn’t good enough and we were talking earlier about the fans come up in good numbers to Aberdeen, so we owe them as well. We have to make sure we definitely do that.

“We’re three points adrift and games are running out, so we have to make sure we’re getting points on the board.

“We’ve got to take it at face value that we’re three points off the team above us and we have to look at that now.

“It is another tough game, especially after the two we had up there earlier in the season where we were beaten handsomely.

“We have to make sure we start fast and not let the game pass us by like we did in the first two.

“The first half last Saturday wasn’t good enough and you can end up playing catch-up.

“We have peaks and troughs throughout games and you can’t allow that because the opposition punish you. “We can’t allow these dips.

“If you watched the Hibs game, the full performance wasn’t that bad but then you have that dip and teams kill you off.

“This first half will be crucial to how we go but it’s been a good week in training and we are feeling good.”

Flynn is one of just six players who remain at the club since this time last year, joining Gary MacKenzie, Danny Mullen, Kyle Magennis, Stephen McGinn and Jack Baird as the side’s longest servers.

Watching on as a host of new recruits have pitched up in Paisley over the last few weeks, Flynn reckons he has seen enough to believe that the Buddies are stronger than they were a matter of months ago.

He added: “We have definitely got the belief in there. It’s quite clear there’s been a change.

“That size of turnover is never easy but we’ve got to hit the ground running.

“We’ve got to make sure we’re getting points on the board.

“It is difficult, but it has got to happen as quick as possible.”