We have seen the good and the bad from St Mirren this season.

Now it's time for the ugly.

Almost two months into the SPFL Premiership campaign and the Paisley club have won plaudits from many for their playing approach under Tommy Craig with his team playing attractive and expansive football in most of their outings.

However, that has been contrasted by a couple of poor showings against Hamilton last month and at Firhill last Tuesday on League Cup duty.

Thankfully for St Mirren it was the former that was on show on Saturday against Celtic in a 2-1 defeat they really should have taken something from.

After going a goal behind the Saints battled back to level via Kenny McLean before a lapse allowed the Hoops in for a winner.

Craig's men travel to Aberdeen tonight aiming for their second Premiership win of the season to move away from the foot of the table, and midfielder Jim Goodwin admits he'd swap all of their silky soccer for a scrappy victory at Pittodrie.

"It was a really difficult test for us against Celtic but we are extremely disappointed we didn't come away with a point," said the Irishman. "We didn't do enough to win the game but we felt we had earned a draw. The goals and the manner we conceded them are disappointing as well.

"We always try and be positive. In every game we play regardless of win, draw and defeat we try and take as many positives from it is we can.

"It's all well and good getting plaudits for playing well and being easy on the eye, it only gets you so far.

"Saturday is another example of that. But with the way things are going I'd take playing really poorly and winning 1-0 to be honest with you."

Craig will hope his knackered Buddies will have rested up well enough before making the journey north to play an Aberdeen side on a high after beating Inverness 3-2.

Goodwin's midfield partner John McGinn told SportTimes yesterday some of the squad were dead on their feet as the club played four games in a fortnight.

And with their fifth match in 18 days coming tonight, he insists the players will do all they can to give themselves a fighting chance against the Dons.

"The fixtures don't come much harder with Celtic at home then Aberdeen away," said Goodwin. "They are flying at the moment and are playing really well. They have a terrific squad of players, it was always going to be a difficult test up there, especially given the amount of games we've played recently.

"We've pretty much been playing Friday, Tuesday, Saturday, Tuesday for the last couple of weeks.

"Celtic tend to have more possession than other teams so there is a lot of five and six-yard sprints in the midifeld that the boys need to be making.

"The lads are going to have to recover quickly. Get the right foods in them, get their feet up and hopefully be ready to go again tonight.

"We gave a great account of ourselves against Celtic and we will take that into the game against Aberdeen."