Rangers last month when he headed narrowly over the bar against Kilmarnock as the Saints hunted an equaliser last Saturday. Thankfully for him Killie keeper Danny Rogers spared his blushes with a late blunder that saw St Mirren escape Rugby Park with a point.
But that won’t stop the driven 22-year-old from targeting more goals this campaign, starting with the visit of Motherwell to Paisley this weekend.
McCarthy told Express Sport: “Looking back, from the very first whistle we just weren’t at the races so coming away with a positive result will be good for us in the future.“To be fair we were better in the second half than we had been in the first half, big time.“We all said a few harsh words to each other at half-time and, when we came.
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