James Fowler believes that believes that Saints supporters will have a big role to play as the new era at St Mirren gets underway tomorrow. Fowler was appointed as Jack Ross' assistant manager last week and the pair will be in the home dugout for the first time tomorrow as the Buddies face Dundee United at the Paisley 2021 Stadium.
Speaking to stmirren.com, Fowler said: "I know that maybe the performances and results until now haven't been great at home but it's a fresh start for everybody.
"We've had a good weeks training and hopefully we can build on that and the crowd will play a massive part in that as well. I think at the last home game [1-1 v Falkirk] the crowd was really positive even when the team was losing and helped them to a draw.
"It's going to be a tough game but we're confident with what we've got. If the players can build upon their performance last week and play to their maximum then we're more than capable of getting a result."
Fowler says it has been a good first week in at the Buddies, not just working with the players at Ralston, but also working alongside Ross.
"It's been a really enjoyable week," he said. "It's been good to work with the players and spend a bit of time with them on the training pitch.
"He's [Jack] quite a hands-on coach and we've just been building that relationship between ourselves, but we're similar in terms of what we're looking for from our players. Like I say, it's been a really enjoyable week working with the players and working with Jack as well.
"They've been really receptive and the standard has been really high in training. It's a really good group as well, so it's just about maintaining the standards and looking to improve areas that we can as well."
Kyle Hutton was named in the SPFL team of the week for his performance in the win against Hibernian last week and that was a positive for Fowler, who worked with midfielder at Queen of the South last season.
He said: "Speaking to people, they said it was his best game last week so that was pleasing. I think he'll be a big player moving forward for the club. He's still learning and we've just got to nurture what he's got and hopefully he can build on last week's performance and keep on improving."
