Tuesday night was a disappointing performance says captain Stephen McGinn, and he wants the club to get back to winning ways soon.
St Mirren drew 2-2 with Spartans at The Simple Digital Arena in the Betfred Cup, after going down 2-0 to the Edinburgh side on 55 minutes. The Buddies did manage to to pull the scoreline back, after goals from Stephen McGinn and Danny Mullen, but even the penalty shootout victory wasn't enough to satisfy the Saints skipper.
He said: "Deep frustration - really frustrated. I think in the end we maybe had enough chances, and if we were a bit more clinical, we would have won the game.
"But it probably wouldn't have changed the feeling on the first 60 minutes. It just wasn't like us at all, and especially here.
"I can't speak for the rest of the boys but I get a real buzz coming here, especially a night like this when you see the pitch. I'm just bursting to play, and to go out and perform like that is really frustrating.
"The cliche is 'not approaching the game right' and for some us it maybe looked like that. We were always half a second too slow to things, we didn't move the ball quick enough and we weren't clinical with the chances that came our way in the first half and especially at the end.
"But I can't put my finger on it because there was a lot wrong."
McGinn started the game on the bench but was introduced as a substitute on the 57th minute, and two minutes later he scored St Mirren's first goal and spurred them on their way to a comeback.
He continued: "I knew I would need a quick burst of 5-10 minutes to really inject it. It's hard sometimes coming on in games, but in a game like that it's easy to go on and put a stamp on it.
"Delighted to get the goal as quickly as we did, but personally frustrated we never managed to win it in normal time.
"When we turn it on we have really good players. We've still got some really important players at this club - I thought Flynny was excellent tonight, really, really good.
"We still have a strong mentality in the team; a Championship winning mentality. So we need to continue that for as long as we can.
"When I seen the Spartans team as well, they've got a few good players, and players I remember playing at good levels and maybe just missed out at playing at the level we're playing now.
"Sometimes if you don't respect the opposition you can come a cropper. I played with the guy at the back, he was a Scottish internationalist at every youth level, so these guys can play if you let them."
St Mirren's next game comes on Saturday in a friendly match against Sunderland, which is sure to be an intriguing bout, as the Paisley side will face off against their manager of last season, Jack Ross. This will be his first time returning to the club since his move in the summer.
He added: "I say it often enough, I love playing here, I love playing in front of these fans and pleased to score again - I don't do it often enough. Just glad to be back and hopefully next time we're here we can put a much more positive performance on.
"I think Sunderland will bring a good support, so it'll maybe have a little edge to it, which we're thankful to them for. Hopefully we can have a decent crowd in here.
"Obviously the return of our old manager, who we all think highly of - I'm sure he'll get a fantastic reception of our fans, so we're looking forward to that. But also trying to put on a better showing than we did tonight."
