St Mirren has extended Ross Sinclair's emergency loan as they face a relegation battle. Alex Gogic will miss crucial matches due to suspension after receiving his 14th yellow card.
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So St Mirren have extended the emergency loan of St Johnstone goalkeeper Ross Sinclair. Good. Shamal George is still recovering from an ankle injury and Ryan Mullen is out for the foreseeable.
Now, if only there was provision to bring in crisis cover for Alex Gogic. The Cypriot force of nature is out for half of the Buddies' remaining fixtures as they battle relegation.
Goga picked up his 14th yellow card of the season in the home defeat by Livingston and will be absent then for the matches away to Dundee and at home to Kilmarnock. He will be missed.
So will League Cup final hero Jonah Ayunga, who was carried off on a stretcher in the same game with an ACL injury and is out long term.
While we're at it, the man who opened the scoring in the League Cup final win over Celtic - Marcus Fraser - is also out for the remainder of the campaign. Australia international Keanu Baccus won't be seen again this term either.
Slings and arrows of outrageous fortune over which interim manager Craig McLeish had no control. If he can keep St Mirren in the Premiership under such circumstances you'd have to say he'd deserve a crack at the gig in the longer term.
Even though there was no European football for St Mirren this season, with two cup runs it's been a marathon and it could be said St Mirren are running out of puff – or at least personnel.
The perils of running with a smallish squad through financial necessity I guess.
But let's not dwell on the negative. The sun is shining, the birds are singing and St Mirren still have a two-point lead over Kilmarnock and superior goal difference.
Plus, a win over Dundee by a margin of two goals will lift the Buddies into the sunny uplands of ninth place, setting things up nicely for the visit of Kilmarnock a week on Saturday.
See Killie off then and Premiership survival will be in sight.
Alex Gogic is suspended due to receiving his 14th yellow card of the season.
Ross Sinclair's emergency loan has been extended to cover for the injured goalkeeper Shamal George.
Gogic's absence is significant as he will miss key matches against Dundee and Kilmarnock during the relegation fight.
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It could happen. St Mirren are enjoying more possession and creating more chances (17 shots at goal against Livingston) so maybe they just need a fortunate bounce of the ball, or a kindly VAR intervention here and there. But every club in the mire is hoping for the same.
There's no doubt the Paisley side are 'circling the drain', but even if St Mirren do get sucked down the Premiership plughole, Buddies will always have 14 December and the League Cup final to look back on. So even if the worst happens the season won't have been a complete washout.