It's my 'responsibility' to guide youngsters - Gogic
Alex Gogic aims to utilise his experience to help steer St Mirren back to form.
Following the "unacceptable" 4-0 defeat at Hearts, the Buddies have one win in 11 games in all competitions and are away to Rangers on Sunday.
Cyprus international Gogic, 30, said: "Now that I am one of the older boys you have to try to guide the young players and motivate them.
"Sometimes they haven't been in this position or played at Ibrox with pressure, or have had a bad game.
"When I was younger the older boys helped me and now it is my time and responsibility to help them.
"No one was happy with the performance on Saturday. It happens, it is one of those games in football sometimes, you can learn from the mistakes and get better because it was unacceptable.
"It is never easy going to Ibrox. At the same time, it is one of the games that if you do get a result it is a big one.
"We can't be anywhere near where we were last Saturday because that will get us an even bigger scoreline."
Gogic is "buzzing" that the club have secured manager Stephen Robinson on a new contract for the next three years.
"He deserves it, I'll be here until 2027, so I'm happy we'll be together," he said.
"You can see from the past what he's done and he's a perfectionist, in a good way and he always demands the best of us and makes the players better."