ST Albans coach Peter Davenport believes his young side may have crumbled not long ago had it faced a similar position like it did against Leopold on the weekend.

Holding the lead all day, the Supersaints withstood a spirited Leopold fightback to earn a four-point victory in front of its loyal home fans.

It was a win Davenport put down to the side's resilience.

"They were coming at us hard and a while ago we probably would have crumbled," Davenport said.

"The kids wouldn't have been sure what to do and may have gone under their shell a little bit and thrown the game away. But we stood up and it was a really good win for the boys. It was impressive how they stood up and kept fighting right until the end.

"Everyone was pretty happy. It was rivalry round so obviously it means a lot to win and it was good because they (Leopold) are travelling well and are a good side."

Davenport said Ben Evans, who kicked three goals and was again named best for the Supersaints, deserved a go at the VFL.

The loss could not have come at a worse time for Leopold.

With five rounds left in the season, the Lions sit a game outside the top five and face the hardest run home of the top six sides as they look to break their decade-long finals drought.

"We've beaten sides around us, but we wanted to make a point and beat sides above us," Davenport declared.

"That's what we have to focus on now and make sides earn their spot in the finals."

It is the first time since 2004 that the club has won four games in a season, but Davenport was not reflecting on that.

"I'm not worried about the past, I'm worried about now and what we're doing," he said.

Davenport did not want to weigh into the performance of the opposition, instead wanting to win as many games as possible.

"We're worried about us, we know we probably can't make finals and that's fine," he said.

"But we need to focus on getting more wins on the board because, at the end of the day, sides are judged on wins and that's what we need to do.

"Every game is winnable to me and I don't play football to lose."

Since joining the club at the end of last season, Davenport has taken a hard approach to changing the ways at St Albans, undertaking a gruelling pre-season with competitiveness his sole priority each week.

It is so far working and he would seem destined for an extension of his one-year contract although not yet undergoing talks with the powers at St Albans.

"I'm not sure, it's not up to me, it's up to the committee," Davenport said.

"I'll just keep focusing on playing footy, doing my best on the field and that result will take care of itself."