Robinson on VAR controversy, January window & Baccus

Stephen Robinson has been speaking to the media before St Mirren host Kilmarnock in the Premiership this weekend.

Here are the key points from the Buddies boss:

• Robinson says the club have had an "acknowledgment" that Jonah Ayunga's disallowed goal against Livingston last weekend should have stood. The manager adds: "I think everybody in the stadium knew it was wrong. But we managed to win the game outwith that anyway. So that's what we have to concentrate on."
• St Mirren's recent history with VAR decisions has curtailed goal celebrations: "You stop celebrating because you're expecting things now... we still have to do what we do and you hope that they get more decisions right than they're getting wrong."
• On the January transfer window, Robinson says there are "certain areas" he is keen to improve and the board will support signings who can "make the team stronger" but the "challenge" is to find players who are "better than what's here".
• On the League Cup win making players targets for bigger clubs, Robinson says Miguel Freckleton and Killian Phillips have been attracting "a lot of attention" but St Mirren "don't need to sell".
• He adds: "You're never in control. You're always at the mercy of the bigger clubs. We are a club where the model is to sell footballers. The model is to produce boys and sell them either at an earlier age or develop them and sell them and we need that just to exist and survive. We will sell people on our terms when the money is right for the club to take that and reinvest it back into the football club."
• On whether the cup win will attract new supporters to the club: "I think the last three-and-a-half years has been a steady increase. The amount of people we took to the cup final, we'd love that to be every week. We believe we've gained some younger fans, some fans that maybe haven't been in the area for a little while as well and they're enjoying watching this team play."
• Keanu Baccus' hamstring injury does not require surgery but he will be out for eight to 10 weeks. Robinson hopes the midfielder recovers in time to make Australia's World Cup squad: "If you rush it, then it could end up requiring surgery which would put him out for the rest of the season. We're confident he'll come back stronger. He's defied the odds many, many times. He's a big loss for us but we're hoping he times that run to come back and ends up in that Australian World Cup squad as well which would be fantastic for him."
• Playing against Kilmarnock is "a bit of a local derby" and St Mirren aim to "keep building on our recent results and good performances. It's another chance to claw some ground back on the teams above us."