Saints skipper Joe Shaughnessy praised the character of the team after Saturday's point away to St Johnstone.
The captain confessed he felt it was a fair result at a difficult venue as the Buddies drew 0-0 with the Perth Saints.
However, the point saw Jim Goodwin's men extend their unbeaten run away from home in the cinch Premiership to five matches and Shaughnessy puts that run down to personality within the changing room.
I think it’s the character of the squad," Joe said to stmirren.com.
"It’s [McDiarmid Park] not an easy place to come and it was a bit of a battle. To come away with a clean sheet is not a bad result at the end of the day. I don’t think we really created enough to say we could win the game, but I don’t think they did either so 0-0 is fair.
"You see lads coming in that haven’t played a lot of football and they do a really good job for us. It’s just a strength to the squad and that is what the success is down to.
"I think we know what we want to do when we get the ball, how we want to play and the players we want to get on the ball. It is just missing the few goals in the last few of games we haven’t scored.
"We just need to improve that side of the game and work the opposition goalkeepers a little more, but other than that I think we are coming into a good bit of form and playing pretty well."
Saturday's draw sees Saints head into the international break sitting in eighth place in the cinch Premiership - joint on points with Aberdeen and Hibernian who occupy the two spots above the Buddies.
I think in the main we’ve played pretty well," Joe said, reflecting on the club's form. "We have played some good stuff.
"The only game we didn’t really play the way we can was Dundee last week.
"We maybe haven’t got the results we really wanted but we have been playing some good stuff, so I think there is a lot to look forward to."
Joe Shaughnessy tussles with David Wotherspoon
