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Tipped for drop but sitting top - St Mirren defying expectations
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That and using the negative feeling that play-off last season brought as motivation.
"I'm still using that as fuel," he told BBC Scotland.
"Defenders throwing their bodies on the line; [Alex] Gogic throwing his head here and everywhere," he told BBC Scotland.
It doesn't mean you're going to win every game or even have a great season, but it definitely helps.
"And it's what a great season looks like at the start.