St Mirren assistant manager Brian Kerr says “a few staked their claim” in the Buddies comfortable pre-season friendly win against Dumbarton.

Mikael Mandron opened the scoring for Stephen Robinson’s side before Roland Idowu added a double and James Scott rounded off the scoring with a late goal.

“I think it’s always important that strikers get opportunities and chances,” Kerr said. “We’ve managed to get Mika, Roland and James all scoring goals today, which is pleasing for us and important for them on a personal point of view.

“A good workout, a good performances along the way with young boys and with some of the experienced ones.

“There’s a couple of them really state their claim for their place in the season.”

The Buddies had a number of academy graduates and young players out at The Rock, and Kerr added “none of them have done themselves any harm”.

“It’s great for the young boys to come in,” he added.

“Obviously, Callum [Penman] and Evan [Mooney] came in last season. We’ve got Billy [Hutchison] and Thomas [Falconer] that came in and performed very, very well.

“Opportunities are there for the boys if they want to take them. Certainly, none of them have done themselves any harm.”