“We should have won our last two home games instead of drawing them, so there’s room for improvement,” Owen said.

“There are some decent teams in the First Division and we’re as good as any. In our last three matches, we’ve lost the first goal and I’d like to see what other teams have to offer when we go in front.

“We’ve shown character to bounce back from a goal down and we have good players at this club. They realise we want to entertain as well as win and word is getting round about that with our home support up.

“But we must stop conceding sloppy goals and we must start killing teams off.”

Today, Saints faced Raith in a closed-door game, with fringe first-team men taking part.

Meanwhile, skipper Kevin James is set to see a specialist regarding his Achilles injury.