Steven Hammell admits an injury to new Motherwell signing Mikael Mandron was a distraction for his side as the game plan they worked on all week to face St Mirren went out the window.
The Steelmen were dealt a double blow before kick-off with the news Mandron picked up an injury in the final moments of Friday's training session and fellow new recruit Riku Danzaki couldn't feature as his international clearance was yet to go through.
It put a big dent in the Steelmen's preparations and firepower was sorely lacking as they went down 1-0 in Paisley, thanks to a first-half strike from ex-Well frontman Curtis Main.
