St Mirren manager Gus MacPherson wants to take another look at David Barron's first booking after the midfielder was sent-off against Aberdeen.Barron was dismissed in the 77th minute of the 1-1 draw at Pittodrie having received two yellow cards in quick succession.

The first came when Barron was adjudged to have fouled Lee Miller, the second following a touchline skirmish with Scott Severin.

Barron petulantly chucked the ball at Severin having been prevented from taking a quick throw-in.

MacPherson now hopes his player will learn from the silliness of his sending-off.

He said:"It will be interesting to see the challenge for the first booking because I think he clearly wins the ball from our angle.

"We have not seen it again, but we can have no complaints about the second.

"There was no malice or aggression, it was just daft.

"He is a young kid who has done exceptionally well coming into the team and played some big games for us, none more so than today because he kept Sone Aluko reasonably quiet.

"He played against Aiden McGeady and kept him quiet so he has done a really good job for us in that area of the park.

"This is another part of the learning curve for him in the professional game."

St Mirren were dumped out of the Scottish Cup during the week by First Division St Johnstone and MacPherson was pleased at how his players responded to that defeat.

They took the lead inside 10 minutes against Aberdeen when Andy Dorman flicked the ball past Lee Mair before dispatching a crisp volley into the net.

Mair equalised during the opening period through a header from Barry Nicholson's accurate corner and an evenly-contested game continued.

St Mirren then suffered a blow when Barron was shown a red card.

But much to their manager's delight the Buddies saw out the rest of the game in spirited fashion and even came close to scoring a winner when substitute Stewart Kean was denied by a brilliant save from Derek Soutar.

MacPherson said:"I think over the piece we have to be happy with a point in coming to Pittodrie, especially after Tuesday's game.

"It was disappointing but the players had a chance to go and show how much they were hurting and they have worked extremely hard.

"When we went down to 10 men the work-rate and application from the players showed the determination that we were going to try and get something out of the game.

"They merited at least getting a point."

With Falkirk drawing against Hearts, Aberdeen failed to move closer to the Bairns in the SPL as the battle to finish in the top half of the table intensifies.

Falkirk currently occupy sixth place, with Aberdeen three points behind.

But with two games remaining until the split, Dons boss Jimmy Calderwood has not ruled out his side's chances of finishing above Falkirk and Hearts - who are also ahead of Aberdeen, on goal difference.

He said: "We were poor but St Mirren worked their socks off and got the break," said Calderwood.

"We never took the opportunity to get nearer to Falkirk, but we still have a slight chance of reaching the top six."

Aberdeen failed to build on Tuesday's superb Scottish Cup success at Celtic and Calderwood believes that is, in part, due to the lengthy injury-list at Pittodrie.

He said: "We just can't get any consistency, mainly because we have been hit by so many injuries which have made it really difficult for us.

"We needed an attacking player this afternoon in the second half but just didn't have one available because of injuries."

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