Tommy Wright admits Kilmarnock only have themselves to blame for twice throwing away priceless leads to St Mirren.
The Rugby Park boss believes naivety and a failure to kill off the Buddies has left their Premiership survival hopes hanging in the balance.
Killie are all but safe from taking the drop automatically after Hamilton's defeat in Dingwall which now requires a win at Accies on Sunday and hope Motherwell defeat Ross County.
Wright refused to be downbeat over a result which leaves no margin for error and he's adamant they can stay in the top-flight even if they are faced with a relegation play-off decider.
He said: "I have mixed emotions. We did more than enough to win the game, even with a late chance at 3-3.
"We created more chances but we were naive twice to lose goals after scoring.
"We should have won the game but as a team we played a part in the fact we didn't.
"We were naive at the restarts from our goals. We fell asleep and that cost us.
"If you look at how we played and how many chances we created, we could have scored more.
"But we haven't kept enough clean sheets and that's as a team.
"However, we are creating chances and that's a positive going into the final game.
"If we win and Ross County lose, then we stay up.
"If that doesn't happen then I think we will go into the play-off with confidence."
Buddies boss Jim Goodwin believes his side showed grit and desire to fight back to claim a point in a game which would give any manager a headache.
He said: “For a neutral, it was an entertaining game but there is plenty to work on defensively for both managers.
"On a positive side, we showed great character to come back from being behind twice.
"We were flat in the first half but we showed great fight and determination to come back from 2-0 down.
"Cammy MacPherson's goal was the best of the night and it's probably our goal of the season.
"It was a great team move and a great strike to cap it off.
"I'd have taken a point at 2-0 down and overall I think a draw was fair, although Tommy will be disappointed."
