Stephen Robinson opens up on 'hard decisions' to keep St Mirren viable and praises staff work ethic

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Stephen Robinson is adamant St Mirren’s bad financial result won’t affect their continued progress on the pitch.And he paid tribute to his staff for pulling together to ensure the Paisley club keep moving in the right direction.Earlier this week the Buddies posted a concerning £1.6million loss in the financial year from May 2021 to May 2022, with the club board pointing to the ongoing impact of Covid-19 and a number of increased and exceptional costs as the main drivers for the drop in funds.Robinson insists “hard decisions” have been made since his arrival to ensure the club return to a breakeven position, while also praising his compact coaching team for working twice as hard with the Saints currently sitting sixth in the Premiership table after an excellent start to the season.Robinson told Renfrewshire Live Sport: “I knew around May or June about the financial situation, because it is obviously the financial year before we came in.

Structures and procedures have been put in place since then to make the club a viable business.“A lot of hard decisions above me have had to be made.

Keith Lasley has come in and we are making real headway on that.“There have been cuts made, there have been things put in place to make sure this doesn’t happen again.“What I’ve found is everyone has just clubbed together.

We have just four first-team staff plus me.“My physio doesn’t have a day off, my goalkeeping coach Jamie Langfield is in the Academy three nights a week helping out, Gary McColl is three nights a week with the Academy and my assistant manager Diarmuid O’Carroll is doing all the analysis work.“Everyone is working doubly hard to make sure it doesn’t affect the football and I don’t think it has at all.“You can see the