Stephen Robinson targets Rangers repeat as he names 3 things St Mirren need for major upset

Stephen Robinson was almost back in his car the last time St Mirren bagged a winner against Rangers.

Now the Buddies boss knows his team will need to hit top gear if they’re to pull off a repeat on Sunday.

The then Motherwell manager was one of only a few at the game as Conor McCarthy fired in an injury-time goal to dump the Ibrox side out of the League Cup in December 2020.

Robbo had already left his seat at the SMISA Stadium by that point and so missed Saints sealing their first win over Rangers in nine years.

But he saw enough to know what it’s going to take to pull off a similar shock and hand Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s men a third defeat in eight days.

St Mirren need three other results to go their way this afternoon for them to have any chance of sneaking into the top six before the split.

But even if that has gone by tomorrow’s noon kick-off, Robinson still wants to see his players put on the sort of display that stunned Rangers 16 months ago.

The Northern Irishman said: “I was actually at that cup game last season. I was heading for the car park when I heard the roar of the winning goal going in.

“But the work ethic that night was great and they showed great character. It was a great performance, yet you need things to go your way against Rangers.

“You need the referee to be on your side and you need boys to play at the top end of their game. Rangers, or Celtic, also need to have a bit of an off day.

“You can’t go chasing lost causes as they’ll pick you off. Then you need to wait for your moment and take it when it comes along.

“You have to stay in the game, as you will get chances through set-plays. We have to be diligent at all times and defend well to give us that opportunity to be in the game.

“We