Gavin Reilly says it was good to end the Betfred Cup with an emphatic victory as St Mirren overcame Airdrieonians 5-0 on Saturday.
The striker notched two goals in Saints' five goal win over the Lanarkshire side as the Buddies gear up for this weekend's Ladbrokes Championship opening day.
And he confessed it was important for the side to make amends for the defeat to Partick Thistle a week earlier.
After last week it was good to get back to winning ways, and to win convincingly," he said.
"It was good to get the Partick game out of our system and build up for the Falkirk game next Saturday.
"There was two ways to look at this game. Everyone could have looked at it as a nothing game but you go into every game wanting to get something out of it.
"I personally wanted to get some goals. And because of that I was delighted to get the win because last Saturday was very frustrating because we let a lot of people down.
"We let ourselves down, the fans down so to come back and win in the manner we did was brilliant to do."
Reilly's double against Airdrieonians took him to three goals in four starts for the Buddies.
The summer signing admits, as a striker, it was imperative to get off to a goalscoring start in his time at the Saints.
It was very important for me to score early on, especially scoring against Stranraer.
"I scored a couple of goals in pre-season but when the first competitive game start you are always wanting to get off that mark to take the pressure off.
"But as long as I'm contributing and setting up goals then that's brilliant."
With the Betfred Cup campaign over for Saints, the 24 year-old is now looking forward to this weekend's curtain-raiser against Falkirk.
These are the games you want to play in," he said.
"It is the first game of the season and there will be a big crowd here with a great atmosphere."
