Saints striker Curtis Main admits he'd love to be able to simply hang around the six-yard box waiting for opportunities to pounce.
But he's more than happy to keep working his socks off for his Buddies after helping them battle their way back into the top six.
The St Mirren forward epitomises Stephen Robinson's pressing, hard-working style, often sacrificing his own chances for personal glory in the box by running hard into the channels and chasing centre backs to force opposition teams into hasty decisions.
The 30-year-old bagged his fourth Premiership goal of the season against his former club Motherwell, a clinical early finish that turned out to be the match-winner.
And Main insists he'll keep working hard outside the box as long as it helps Saints keep up in the race for a top half spot.
He told Renfrewshire Live Sport: "The league is still really tight. We've got to keep building on these performances.
"The consistency in terms of training and playing every week is really helping me. I've worked with the manager before so he knows what I can do. That backing from the manager week in, week out is huge.
"My body and my mind are both in great shape and I'm just enjoying football at the moment.
"The way we play is tough on strikers. But throughout the team we feel everybody is working hard. You can watch anyone in any of our games and you'll pick up on that.
"You then have to be physically fit and mentally fit to make the right decisions when we drop on the ball.
"There's a lot of work involved. I'd love to be sitting in the box and letting everyone else do all the work, waiting for chances to come into the box. Unfortunately that's not the position in this team, but you do what you need to do to help the team."
The Buddies travel north on Wednesday night to take on a Dons side no longer managed by boss Jim Goodwin after his dramatic sacking at the weekend.
Main was sorry to see his former boss leave Pittodrie, but hopes the Paisley side can capitalise on the chaotic atmosphere currently at Aberdeen.
Main said: "It'll be a tough trip to Aberdeen. I enjoyed working under Jim.
"Obviously it's disappointing to see people getting sacked in the manner it's unfolded. I'm sure he'll pick himself back up.
"He's a strong character so I'm sure he'll dust himself down, reassess and improve on that as a manager.
"I'm sure the atmosphere up there isn't going to be the most enjoyable at the moment. The home players are going to feel that, I've been up there and I know what that's like. We've got to go up there and implement what we do.
"We're going to try and capitalise on that situation and try to take three points. We're confident and want to cement our top six aspirations. It's a game we want to win."
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