Craig McLeish happy with ‘excellent’ St Mirren performance after opening-day win

St Mirren manager Craig McLeish believes his team’s 2-0 win at Falkirk augurs well for a successful William Hill Premiership campaign.McLeish is convinced his squad will improve on last season’s struggles which saw him steer Saints to safety when interim head coach.He has set a high bar of the top six and a European qualification bid this term, and a double from Killian Phillips helped that effort off to a fine start at Falkirk Stadium.“I thought the performance was excellent and, if we can build on that, we can go and achieve something as a group,” McLeish said.“I’m delighted for the group. We got the result our performance deserved. I thought we were excellent.“There were so many aspects of our game that I was happy with. We had to defend and dig in at times, but also showed real quality