St Mirren boss Stephen Robinson has confused the significance of Wednesday night time’s house conflict with Dundee to his gamers.
The fifth-placed Buddies are bristling with confidence following their convincing 3-0 cinch Premiership win over Hibernian at Easter Street on Saturday.
Subsequent up are Tony Docherty’s Taysiders who, together with Hibs, are additionally competing with Saints for a top-six end, however Robinson is searching for extra league pleasure earlier than St Mirren host Celtic within the Scottish Gasoline Scottish Cup on Sunday.
The Northern Irishman mentioned: “We established ourselves as a top-six facet final season.
“The toughest bit is attempting to repeat that. Up to now we’re doing that.
“These two video games in opposition to groups instantly beneath us means it provides you a bit little bit of a cushion if you happen to can win the sport.
“Typically you attempt to play that all the way down to gamers, however we now have carried out the alternative, we now have performed it up and made the extent of significance of the sport actually excessive and it’s the similar on Wednesday night time.
“We created quite a few possibilities in opposition to Hibs, however that comes from a stable base and we want that tomorrow night time and we want it once more on Sunday.”
Robinson insists classes had been realized within the 4-0 defeat by Dundee in November, the Buddies’ greatest defeat of the season.
He mentioned: “We had quite a lot of possession, 60 per cent, and we had greater than 30 crosses into the field, however we performed in entrance of Dundee so much, we didn’t go in behind them, flip them round and make them go in direction of their very own aim. So there’s classes in that.
“We conceded from two set-plays. Dundee are a excessive risk in set-plays, very well-organised and really pro-active of their set-plays.
“We’ve to be properly versed in that. Irrespective of how unhealthy we performed up till half-time, we had been 2-0 down on account of set-plays.
“It’s a vital a part of the sport now and we now have to be on prime of that tomorrow night time.”
