Jim not Beaton ref up
Jim Goodwin refused to put the blame on John Beaton as his stuttering St Mirren were dumped.
The ref was back in the firing line with the Saints support when Eamonn Brophy went down in the box on the back of the whistler’s midweek penalty controversy at Ibrox.
Beaton waved away the claim but Goodwin admitted his men were well beaten.
He said: “We can’t blame the t ref for the result. One or o two were a little below b par.
“Maybe the third game in i seven days, without looking l for excuses. But we didn’t d reach the levels we did d against Motherwell or the t opening 25 minutes against a Rangers.
“In fairness we tried but we w didn’t put enough quality q in the box or get behind b Dundee enough. It
was w one of those afternoons. n We knew the first goal g in a game like this would be massive and if Dundee got it they’d shut up shop and they ran the clock down from the moment they got the goal.”
St Mirren were chasing the game for 80 minutes but struggled to find the quality needed to make the breakthrough.
Goodwin said: “It was a frustrating afternoon. We probably had more possession and shots on target. All the stats line up in our favour, the one that matters is the scoreline.
“We conceded a really poor goal from our corner.
“We know Dundee are dangerous on the break and it was a decent strike from the kid. But we shouldn’t be conceding from a corner like that.
“They got six or eight behind the ball and we didn’t create enough clear cut chances. We could still be playing now and we’d still be finding it hard to put the ball in the net.”