Stephen Robinson, speaking after St Mirren\u2019s Premier Sports Cup final win to St Mirren.net.<\/p>\n
Q: Stephen, huge congratulations. How are you feeling?
\nA: I\u2019m wet. I\u2019ve had to change because they threw a bucket of ice over me, and I think there was beer poured over me as well. But yeah, fantastic. It hasn\u2019t sunk in yet, to be honest.<\/p>\n
The amount of work that goes into this football club \u2013 the gap between us and a lot of clubs is huge. But we bridge that gap so often because of the quality of the players, the desire and the work rate of the players and staff. That\u2019s both on-field and off-field.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve got a small playing squad, a small admin staff, a small football staff, and they work tirelessly for days like this. These days don\u2019t come around very often, so we\u2019ll definitely enjoy it.<\/p>\n
Q: What a way to do it this afternoon as well.
\nA: We started brilliantly. We said to them, \u201cOpportunities don\u2019t come around all the time. When you\u2019re young, you think they do, but they don\u2019t.\u201d We asked them to grab it with both hands, and they did.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve got to give credit to Bran and Jamie. They work on our set plays all the time. We get so many first contacts without scoring, so Marcus has saved a very, very good one for today.<\/p>\n
After that, I thought we sat back too much. I thought they caused us too many problems on their left-hand side, so we changed it at half-time. I got my two centre-forwards to play outside their two outside centre-halves and hit them on the counter-attack. Keanu and Mark McGregor did that really well.<\/p>\n
Tactics are easy. You can do whatever you want from the sidelines, but it\u2019s the players carrying out the instructions who deserve the credit.<\/p>\n
Q: The message going into the game was faith over fear. You certainly got that today.
\nA: They showed that right from kick-off. I said that things will go against you at times \u2013 decisions, going behind, going ahead, getting pegged back \u2013 and you have to have faith. Faith that you can run further than them, be stronger than them, outplay them, and hurt them on the counter-attack.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s where we believed they were vulnerable at times, with how many men they commit forward. That\u2019s how Celtic play. I\u2019m so proud that the players were able to carry that out.<\/p>\n
It probably could have been a couple more if we\u2019d taken our chances on the counter-attack. To say that after winning 3\u20130 is a huge compliment to the players.<\/p>\n
Q: How proud are you of this group of players?
\nA: I\u2019ve said before, I speak to people in England and they don\u2019t understand the disparity in the league. The gap between the clubs is massive. A top-six finish is a huge achievement. Europe is unthinkable for a club like St Mirren with the finances we\u2019re up against.<\/p>\n
To win a trophy \u2013 everyone knows what that means. Now we can tell people we\u2019ve done that. Three top-six finishes, a cup win as well.<\/p>\n
Now the aim is to stay up, get enough points to stay up, and then try to push for the top six again. But to do this with this group \u2013 sometimes in life you achieve things and it\u2019s not all together, you get lucky. This hasn\u2019t been that.<\/p>\n
This has been collective hard work from a group of people on and off the pitch \u2013 football staff, admin staff and players \u2013 who\u2019ve come together and had a fantastic four years.<\/p>\n
Q: You, your staff and the players will go down as legends at this club.
\nA: You worry about that when you finish. I\u2019m not old enough to be a legend. They\u2019re not old enough to be legends. There\u2019s a lot more to go, hopefully.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ll enjoy tonight. My family suffer every week. They don\u2019t turn the TV on. My boys hear the criticism on social media \u2013 some of it justified, some of it not.<\/p>\n
For them to be here and see this win, I\u2019m absolutely delighted for them. But legends? We wait until we\u2019re finished before we\u2019re classed as that.<\/p>\n
Q: A word for the support \u2013 over 13,500 St Mirren fans here at Hampden.
\nA: It was terrific. You could hear them the whole time. Celtic outnumbered us, but our fans were outstanding.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t usually take the limelight, but I couldn\u2019t help myself today. I had to get in amongst them. My younger boy was in the North Bank holding flags, my older boy was here with my wife. My sister and family flew over as well.<\/p>\n
You have to enjoy these occasions. It\u2019s a special day, and one that will be remembered forever.<\/p>\n
Q: Will you take time to enjoy it?
\nA: Me and my wife will probably be in bed by 11 tonight. I\u2019ll enjoy it properly tomorrow morning when I sit down and breathe.<\/p>\n
When you look back, it\u2019s a tremendous achievement. I\u2019ll try to enjoy it for a few hours, then we move on and pick a team that can be competitive and try to win three points against Livingston.<\/p>\n
Q: Stephen, well done again.
\nA: Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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