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FootyMAD >  St. Mirren MAD  >  Latest >  Reports  > Hamilton Accies 1-0 Saints
Hamilton Accies 1-0 Saints
by Stuart Gillespie
A goalless draw between Saints and Hamilton is one of Scottish football's most predictable aspects, and we looked set for another today. Sadly, another predictable aspect is our ability to lose late goals...

Before today, late goals had cost us 10 points in the league this season - well, you can now make that 12. An injury time winner from Flavio Paixao gave Hamilton their second league win of the year, leapfrogging them above us in the table. The only saving grace is bottom club Falkirk also lost, so there's still a four point gap to Steven Pressley's side. But then, they have a game in hand.

The amount of late goals we're conceding is beyond a joke, as is the chances we're squandering. Andy Dorman once again messed one up today and when the rebound fell kindly for Craig Dargo, he thumped it off the bar. Graham Carey also hit the woodwork, while Mickael Antoine-Curier and Dougie Imrie did likewise for Accies. As a result, it was looking like we'd end up with a point - not great, but not the end of the world. Then, in the 92nd minute, Brian Easton crossed, Paixao headed and we were leaving with nothing.

Once again we struggled in the early stages - perhaps because we went with the 3-5-2 that blatantly didn't work against Accies a fortnight ago. Billy Mehmet replaced Michael Higdon and Dorman returned for Allan Johnston, with the rest of the team the same as the one that drew with Motherwell. It looked like earning the same result before another late screw up.

The league form since the start of the 2008/09 season is farcical. We have won 14 of our last 67 league games and have taken 61 points out of a possible 201 points. We have managed just three points from six games against the league's two most recently promoted sides and both of them have achieved far more in their short time in the SPL.

The only thing keeping Gus MacPherson in a job is the cup form, which has been incredible by comparison. If you're looking for omens for next Sunday, we haven't won a league game since we won the league cup semi-final - just as happened in 1987...

Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier, Saturday, 13th March 2010 @ 15:00
Click for Hamilton Academical squad list
Paixao 90
 
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 Starting Line-ups
1  Cerny
4  Canning
6  McLaughlin (Wesolowski 78)
15  Easton
25  Elebert
8  McArthur
27  Mensing
9  Antoine-Curier (Thomas 83)
10  Neil
18  Paixao, F
23  Imrie (Paixao 75)
 Substitutes
2  McClenahan
7  Wesolowski (McLaughlin 78)
12  Evans
19  Murdoch
21  Paixao, M (Imrie 75)
26  Thomas (Antoine-Curier 83)
36  Crawford
6 Goal Attempts 10
3 On Target 2
3 Off Target 6
0 Hit Woodwork 2
8 Corners 2
5 Offsides 4
16 Fouls 13
 Starting Line-ups
1  Gallacher
5  Mair
6  Potter
19  Barron
2  Ross
3  Carey
7  Murray
8  Dorman
14  Brady (Loy 81)
9  Mehmet
18  Dargo
 Substitutes
10  Thomson
11  Higdon
12  O'Donnell
17  Loy (Brady 81)
20  Howard
26  McLennan
41  Johnston
Referee
Euan Norris
Attendance
2,179
Hamilton Ac. Cards
Mensing 26 Unsporting behaviour
Antoine-Curier 33 Dissent
Neil 60 Unsporting behaviour
McArthur 88 Unsporting behaviour
Paixao 90 Unsporting behaviour
St. Mirren Cards
Ross 24 Unsporting behaviour
Barron 26 Unsporting behaviour
Mehmet 59 Unsporting behaviour
Mair 60 Unsporting behaviour
Murray 77 Unsporting behaviour
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