St Mirren player collapse leaves ‘numb’ dressing room ‘sickened…’
Mark O’Hara is adamant that St Mirren’s impressive black-and-white army deserved better than Kilmarnock’s surrender on Saturday.
At Rugby Park, the Buddies had the support of an amazing crowd of about 2,500 people who created a wonderful mood.
But, hundreds of fans had already left the stadium before the final siren, having seen Killie rally from a 2-0 halftime deficit to win 5-2 over a heartbreaking 18-minute stretch.
The rivalry between Derek McInnes’ team and Saints for fourth place is intensifying, with the former leading by two points.
Captain O’Hara is aware that delving into the reasons behind why everything went so wrong so fast will take a lot of time in the Ralston analysis room.
However, the 28-year-old’s first thoughts were with the Saints supporters who made the long trip to East Ayrshire and saw an incredible collapse.
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It’s disgusting, he declared. “I didn’t anticipate it. It’s unexpected and not like us as a group. We’re traumatized. Since I’ve played football for a long time, anything can occur.
“We were shocked by what happened even though we knew they would come out and try.” We are quite strong as a group, and this is something that doesn’t typically happen. We’re hoping that this is a lesson learned and that it won’t happen again.
It’s difficult to pin down at the moment. Everyone has some numbness. We will analyze this week with great success, and we will gain knowledge from it.
I’m so sad for the fans since I think their attendance must have been a record. The fans deserve better than what we offered them, so I’m sad and disappointed for them.
At the half, Killie took the lead thanks to goals from Charles Dunne and Mikael Mandron, and the Paisley men were ready for a second-half comeback.
But what happened next was just incredible: Danny Armstrong, Marley Watkins, David Watson, and Kyle Vassell’s double destroyed the Saints.
According to O’Hara, “Killie has good quality players in attacking areas, and it’s hard to counteract that when things are going well for them.” They were picking up steam, and we had no doubt that they would emerge victorious.
When they were rushing us and had their tails up, it was a difficult storm to ride, but we’ve dealt with that before and had to deal with it. It disappoints that we didn’t. There’s no use thinking about it. It must be an isolated incident, and we must draw lessons from it.
After the international break, Saints’ next Premiership match is scheduled for Saturday, March 30, when they travel to Motherwell. Celtic and Hearts finish their pre-split games.
The team will be making their first trip to Fir Park, and O’Hara believes they will have something to prove.
“I’d rather have a game in the middle of the week to get it out of our system as soon as possible,” he stated. However, we must concentrate on our next important match against Motherwell, which is scheduled for after the break.
“We now have three important games to demonstrate that this was an anomaly and won’t occur again.”
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