GLORIOUS FAILURES

John believes cupwin merely papered over cracks as dire form sparks dressing-room showdown

- COLIN PATERSON

Declan John reckons St Mirren's League Cup triumph "painted over cracks" as the black-and-white army asked yesterday: Where has it all gone wrong?

Saints are right in the thick of a relegation battle at the bottom of the Premiership following a run of five games without a win, which has included a hat-trick of 2-0 defeats to begin 2026.

Astonishingly, the team have had 10 goals disallowed across their last 16 games.

And while there is an injury crisis, there are few clues to why the performances against Motherwell, Falkirk and 10-man Hearts have been so poor given the Buddies took four points from six after their Hampden success over Celtic.