It could have been worse for Hearts on Saturday afternoon as they came back from 2-0 down at St Mirren to draw 2-2 in a disappointing performance - but that isn't good enough.
A late first-half enslaught saw Joe Shaughnessy turn home from a Curtis Main flick on just after the half-hour mark, before a Ryan Strain free-kick from 25 yards out meant the hairdryer may have been brandished by Jambos interim Steven Naismith.
Josh Ginnelly set up a grandstand finish by halving the deficit, but Peter Haring's red card looked to set them back to being on the retreat.
