Gary MacKenzie says he wants to see St Mirren continue to be ruthless on the back of Saturday's win over Ayr United.
The Buddies were 4-0 ahead with just 36 minutes on the clock before going on to defeat the Honest Men 6-2 in Paisley at the weekend with the defender netting Saints' second.
He was speaking to stmirren.com in the aftermath of that victory and believes that the side need to try to be as relentless as they were on Saturday as it could be crucial come the end of the season.
And the 30 year-old also thinks that teams still to play at the Paisley 2021 Stadium this season will come up against a team with a lot of confidence.
You can see how tight it is," he said of the teams involved at the bottom. "It could go down to goal difference so it's important that we are ruthless and put teams to the sword.
"You don't want to go two or three up and then keep the ball and make it easy for them. We want to give them hell for 90 minutes, put them under pressure and other teams looking at it will start questioning whether they fancy coming here.
"I think the way we played, the way we started the game, the intensity in which we pressed forced them into mistakes and we were ruthless. That's what the gaffer was stressing before the game - to play with the high intensity and also when the chances come along be ruthless and I think we did that. The only disappointment was conceding the goals but I think if you offered us 6-2 before the game we'd have bitten your hand off for it so I think it was a good day."
"Over the past few months there have been games we've played really well and maybe ended up with a draw purely because we've not been taking the chances that have come our way. But I think we done that. When the chances were there we did take them.
"The confidence going through the team, although we were disappointed to lose the final last week, there's a huge belief amongst the team and a togetherness and that showed on the pitch.
"I said after the game that this game was a bigger game than last weekend and it was important that we didn't get too down about losing the final and we got on with our main job which is getting this club to safety. I don't think we could ask for more in terms of effort and obviously the quality was there as well."
All focus for the Saints turns to this Saturday's match with Dumbarton making the journey across the Erskine Bridge to take on Jack Ross' side. While it is another vital match for the side, MacKenzie feels the team are used to the expectation placed on them.
We've been playing in high pressure games for the last three months and it seems to be that every game is a must win and we've been going out and doing the business," he said.
"With Hibs and Dundee United, Queen of the South and teams like that where you are going and having to win, we've stood up and we've done it.
"It says a lot about the boys; the character, the mentality and also the quality we have in the team. A bit of belief goes a long way and I think that's the difference now. We believe that we're a better team than we should be and we are striving under the pressure. We've showed that we can stand up and we're not going to go down without a fight.
"We know where we are and there's a huge amount of belief in our team. It was a really good day and we'll take that into the game on Saturday.
MacKenzie shrugged off Conrad Balatoni to head home Stevie Mallan's free kick to score his third goal for St Mirren and put the Buddies 2-0 in front with 20 minutes. He was pleased to get his reward after feeling he should've scored in the last few weeks.
I felt I should've scored in the last two games. You just need to try and keep getting yourself in the positions. It was a good goal, a good ball by Stevie, so I'm delighted to score again."
