Goodwin: We lacked cutting edge
Jim Goodwin insists St Mirren must find their cutting edge to put an end to their losing streak.
The Buddies faltered to their fifth consecutive loss against Kilmarnock in Paisley on Saturday, despite the Ayrshire side having picked up just one win in their previous 16 away matches.
Goodwin believes his side were the better team in the second half as they sought an equaliser, but simply couldn’t find the quality to break through Alex Dyer’s side when it counted the most.
He said: “The first half, Kilmarnock were the better team.
“We sat off them too much, we didn’t get close enough to them, albeit that’s not where the goal comes from.
“We were weak in the middle of the park and then we get done by a one-two and don’t defend the cross well enough.
“That’s been an issue in the past five or six weeks, when balls come into our box we haven’t been able to defend them well enough.
“The second half I thought we were the better team and in Kilmarnock’s half for the majority of the half.
“But we lacked a little bit of cutting edge in the final third.
“We got into some good areas but didn’t put enough good balls in to give our strikers something to go and attack.”
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