Stephen Robinson reckons high-flying St Mirren have the whole of Paisley behind them.
The Buddies boss savoured the special connection between players and punters after his side’s dramatic 2-1 injury-time victory over Aberdeen on Saturday.
With the two teams scheduled to play on Saturday, March 16 at Rugby Park, Saints have jumped ahead of Kilmarnock into fourth place in the Premiership standings thanks to goals from Toyosi Olusanya and Mark O’Hara.
And as the Saints aim for consecutive top six results, Robbo believes there is true strength in the team spirit at the SMiSA.
“I was just delighted for the fans that stayed and encouraged us,” the speaker stated. They all know that this team will fight to the death, so nobody panicked.
What a bunch of lads. Here, everyone is gathered together. The players, the supporters, and the board. We are using up every last bit of this team.
“I can’t blame the town for supporting these boys; if I were from Paisley, I would too.
“We are merely in the fourth position right now. Although we’d want to finish in the top six, this performance has given us a chance.
Robinson maintains that throughout the excruciating three-minute assessment by VAR official Kevin Clancy, he and his backroom staff were certain about the spot-kick award.
He said, “We knew it was a penalty because we had the live feed.” “They were primarily checking the phases,”
FIFA president Gianni Infantino was treated to a cracker when he arrived in Scotland for the IFAB conference at Loch Lomond, which he observed from the main stand.
“Regardless, I’m sure he relished it!” Robbo chuckled. “It was undoubtedly an exciting conclusion.”
After all, manager Robinson said, “We had 70% possession and 14 shots – we deserved to win,” expressing his belief that Saints were deserving winners. We were winning the game, and the players had excellent attitudes.
Neil Warnock, meanwhile, called VAR a disgrace following Aberdeen’s devastating injury-time loss.
The Dons manager said his players didn’t deserve to lose when Toyosi Olusanya stole all three points for St. Mirren and expressed shock at how long screen official Kevin Clancy took to give the spot-kick that allowed O’Hara to tie the score at one.
Right now, Aberdeen is barely four points ahead of Ross County in the Premiership standings, occupying the tenth spot.
“I’m not sure about the penalty,” stated Warnock. VAR is a joke. How can you stand by for four or five minutes on a chilly afternoon?
“I still believe that individuals who have experienced the game in VAR are necessary.” It’s not appropriate to wait for VAR for five minutes on a really cold afternoon. It is scandalous.
“That wasn’t fair to them. That game was theirs to win. It is especially upsetting because I don’t think they knew how to destabilise us. However, towards the conclusion, there were a lot of exhausted legs.
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