Head coach John Rankin was disenchanted to see his Hamilton Accies facet concede a late objective for the third recreation working, however says there are many positives to take after for mixing it with Championship title hopefuls Partick Thistle.
Serving a one-match touchline ban after his crimson card in final week's 1-1 draw with Morton, Rankin needed to watch from the stands as Accies edged in entrance a Firhill after a Jack McMillan own-goal simply earlier than the break.
Nonetheless, simply as they did in latest video games with Ton and Queen's Park within the Premier Sports activities Cup, a late objective noticed victory escape Accies, with Brian Graham netting seven minutes from time to salvage a degree for Partick.
It did stretch Hamilton's unbeaten to 5 video games beneath Rankin and he was happy by his facet's total play.
He mentioned: "That is us 5 video games unbeaten and that could be a main optimistic.
"Lots of people have been tipping Partick for the league and for us to go to Firhill and play the best way we did, it reveals the assumption on this group.
"The principle groups everyone seems to be talking about is Partick and Dundee.
"We went to Dundee within the cup and got here off the again of a 3-0 defeat, so the problem was we're going to a group that's comparable in stature and power so can we do so much higher and put up a problem - and I felt we did that yesterday.
"We gave them the respect they deserve, however we did not sit off them and we had been of their faces.
"On this league it's so aggressive and you may see that from the outcomes yesterday.
"You might be by no means out of any recreation. It is about maintaining your self in it or giving your self respiration house in order that one mistake does not value you.
"Yesterday we by no means did that and it turns into irritating from our perspective as a result of we have achieved so nicely within the first a part of the sport."
Accies needed to take care of a barrage from Thistle within the first half, however Rankin was delighted with how his defence stood as much as that.
He added: "Thistle put us beneath a little bit of stress simply earlier than half-time however we handled it rather well, after which we received the objective.
"It got here in opposition to the run of play on the time however honest play to the boys that they got here up trumps in that respect.
"They did not look flustered by all that stress and the objective modified the momentum of the sport.
"Within the second half I did not assume there was something within the recreation in any respect.
"I assumed either side huffed and puffed, by no means actually created many possibilities however clearly to concede the objective on the time we do is disappointing.
"I felt there was a clearance earlier than it the place we might have squeezed up on it however we did not.
"We introduced the hazard upon ourselves. That comes from us making an attempt to really feel secure inside ourselves, moderately than doing our jobs proper and us dictating."
Brian Potter took cost within the dugout for Accies, however he was in fixed communication with Rankin, who felt his employees dealt with the scenario nicely.
He mentioned: "It was totally different. I needed to depend on the blokes about me however they had been nice.
"Everyone stepped up and it was a little bit of an achievement for us as a employees to cope with it comparatively nicely.
"However I wish to be beside them and assist them going ahead."
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