Jim Goodwin asks St Mirren players to prove their quality and targets silencing Dundee United crowd

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Jim Goodwin can’t wait for the second half of the season to kick off this evening at Tannadice.That’s because the Buddies boss is determined to put in a better showing than the first as he asks his players to prove they’re a better pool of players than their recent form suggests.St Mirren take on Dundee United tonight looking to pick up what would be their first win in a whopping 12 matches.Currently sitting perilously close to the relegation play-off spot in the Premiership table, Goodwin knows the importance of the upcoming hectic fixture list.While reaching the top six remains an ambition, staying in the top flight is imperative for the Paisley club as they look to build on the relative success of last season’s seventh place finish.And Goodwin believes his squad have the quality to bounce back over the coming games before the split and prove the doubters wrong, starting with tonight’s trip north to take on Dundee United in their much anticipated first clash of 2022.Goodwin told Express Sport: “The break came at a great time for us as a club, to be honest.“With the amount of covid cases we had before the break it couldn’t have come at a better time.“We had one or two injury concerns as well but now we’ve had the best part of three weeks to get everybody right.“In the main we’re in good shape now going into the second half of the season.“We haven’t quite got the results I feel the quality of this squad should have got in the first half of the season.“We’ve had an opportunity in the break to press the reset button and work on one or two things.

Hopefully that will pay off, starting against Dundee United.“I think we need to improve in the second half of the season, it’s as simple as that.“We need to get a better points