Ryan Flynn is a glass half full kind of Buddie.
And the experienced St Mirren midfielder insists there’s no reason to panic after the Paisley side were comprehensively beaten at Pittodrie.
Jim Goodwin ’s Aberdeen ran out comfortable 4-1 winners on Saturday, with the visitors’ giving themselves a mountain to climb after Declan Gallagher’s early red card.
Despite suffering two defeats in their first two matches of the new Premiership campaign, as well as crashing out of the Premier Sports Cup after losses to Championship side Arbroath and League One outfit Airdrie, Flynn is adamant it’s far too early in the season for the Saints to be overly concerned with their current run of form.
Flynn told Renfrewshire Live Sport: “I’ve been at this club a good while now and I’ve been in worse places than we are now.
“We’re only two games into the season. There’s no panic here at all.
“The main positive for me was that the start of the game wasn’t too bad. It’s blatantly obvious the sending off and the penalty changes the whole complexion of the game.
“Up until that point I thought we’d done OK. We were well in the game.
“I think that’s a big positive.
“If we’d kept it 11-vs-11 it would have been a different game.
“It’s the start of the season.
“Obviously we’re disappointed losing, but we’ll dust ourselves off and move on to next week.
“These things happen. Throughout the whole season you’ll go through spells like this.
“Last week we played great and still lost. There’s no need to panic though.
“We’ll dust ourselves down and go again.”
Flynn was called off the bench for the second game in a row, this time coming into a makeshift defence after Gallagher’s first half dismissal.
The Buddies midfielder admits the visitors’ should have shut up shop better after going down to 10 men.
He also feels the Paisley club must start putting points on the board, starting with their next match against Ross County this Saturday.
Flynn said: “If we go down to ten men, we need to make sure we stay in the game for longer.
“We need to stop the rot first and foremost.
“We were better in the second half, that’s something we’ll have to look at.
“At 3-1, Eamonn Brophy had a half chance but it just wasn’t to be.
“We have to get points on the board. That’ll be so important next weekend.
“We’re at home and that will be a big one against Ross County.
“The home game against Motherwell, we should have had a point - if not three - from that one.
“Wins are massively important. That’s what we’ll be focusing on now.
“We need to take care of business at home.”
