Jamie Langfield admits a result against Morton would make his 50th start for St Mirren all the more sweet as the Buddies head to Greenock tomorrow night. The goalkeeper will make the milestone appearance in the derby match if he's selected by manager Jack Ross and Langfield says he's very proud to be closing in on 50 games for the Saints.
Speaking to stmirren.com after Saturday's match against Hibernian, the 36 year-old said: "For me to play 50 times for my local team that I supported is a massive achievement and something that I'm very proud of.
"It's a great milestone to reach and it would be even sweeter if we get the result on Tuesday night and we can really kick-start our season.
I feel as fit as I ever have," he continued. "I may have the body of a 36 year-old, but I have the mindset of an 18 year-old. Adjusting to the player/coach thing was hard at the start, but I'm really enjoying it. I have a great bunch of goalkeepers to work with and I'm also working with the academy now, so I'm seeing what's coming through and it's things like that that I really do enjoy. But first and foremost, I'm a player and whenever the manager needs me I'll be there giving 100%. I may make mistakes, but I'll give everything."
Langfield made several stops throughout Saturday's game and saved a second half penalty from Grant Holt, but said that it didn't mean all that much in the end due to the fact the side still lost. However, he believes that the Saints squad is a talented one and will hopefully kick on.
It's great that you maybe give yourself a wee chance to go up the other end and maybe nick a goal, but at the end of the day it hasn't really counted for much. When your luck is against you and your confidence is down because you've not got a result the quality of a Hibs shows. We've got that in our squad, but we need a result to go our way just to get it out and let it flourish.
The effort from the team is incredible and some of our play as well is brilliant, but we're just not getting that wee bit in the final third, that wee bit of quality that Hibs had. They've got that by winning games and breeding confidence and hopefully that's what we need to get because as a squad we've got those players."
The goalkeeper also firmly believes that Jack Ross and James Fowler are the right men for the job and has been impressed with the training since the manager took over last month.
He said: "He's brought a youthfulness, a right togetherness, his demands are very high and you can see the way the boys are working. A lot of people talk about fitness, but I don't think it has anything to do with fitness. I just think we are looking a bit sharper and now it's all about breeding confidence in the team to get the results and I'm sure he and James Fowler and the men to do it."
