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Brown said it would be close, and it was. Didn't feel we'd stroll this game as Hamilton will provide a difficult game for anyone now given their position.

 

Very happy we've managed to grind this one out, and it sounded like our defending was good. Sounds like Vernon had a poor game but the commentary team seemed to pick up on the fact of how much more settled we look with Milsom, McNamee and Smith. That's promising and hopefully we can produce more 'football' against Hearts on Saturday, as we'll need it against them.

 

Oh, and Richard Gordon is a great commentator!

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Massive 3 points tonight! With a realistic chance of getting into the top six now and a cup game to look forward to in Paisley it could turn out to be a good end to the season after all the torture! Lets hope so...well done Dons! :bounce:

 

7 points away from 4th place. sounds quite an impressive turnaround in fortunes - considering the sh*t we've been going through before Broon came along.

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7 points away from 4th place. sounds quite an impressive turnaround in fortunes - considering the sh*t we've been going through before Broon came along.

 

If it wasn't for the split I'd be pretty confident of us finishing 4th as since Brown took over we're gaining points on all the teams below the top 3. It's more a question of whether we can claw back the gap enough before the split to make the top six.

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Every single one deserves a medal. That's real fitba fans.

Agreed. A team who are probably going to be relegated and basically no chance of winning much and they travel up to Aberdeen on a miserable night deserves credit.

 

We were pretty poor tonight and looked like conceding a few. Lucky 3 points as Accies gave a right go and deserved at least a point. Not Maguires night tonight, but can't fault his commitment

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Agreed. A team who are probably going to be relegated and basically no chance of winning much and they travel up to Aberdeen on a miserable night deserves credit.

 

We were pretty poor tonight and looked like conceding a few. Lucky 3 points as Accies gave a right go and deserved at least a point. Not Maguires night tonight, but can't fault his commitment

 

Agreed. We started off well and I thought we played some really nice football... but it all turned south, Hamilton didn't give us a chance to play. It wasn't Maguire's night at all, but I've noticed him getting more and more greedy. In fairness, didn't think Vernon or McArdle had a great game either - the latter stopped alot but his passing and headers were pretty off the mark (didn't help that Diamond didn't seem to be getting that involved and left him to do everything)

 

Milsom also looked like he maybe aggravated his injury again, hope that doesn't turn out to be the case

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Another win, another 3 points, another clean sheet. There's no doubt we'd have lost that in the past but we scraped through. Mcardle was poor and had to be hooked or there equaliser was coming.

Maguire, where to start. Well taken pen but bloody hell son. You will not get a move anywhere missing chances like that.

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I f**king hate Hamilton. Terrible team made up of a bunch of cloggers set up primarily to frustrate. Bring teams down to their level. Can't wait to see the back of them.

 

As for us, first and foremost, a fairly disciplined performance. Not all that often I thought we were in genuine danger of conceding. Player by player:

 

Langers - Did well in general. Only real issue was his distribution. If you are going to do the quick punt up the park to the one player up there, just make sure you put it at least in the right general direction.

 

McNamee - Caused us some major problems tonight with his unwillingness just to play it safe. Going forward, he looked decent though.

 

Smith - See McNamee. Makes me wonder if Brown is telling them to try and play football out of the back, but again was very risky tonight.

 

McArdle - Not his best night. Again like the two full backs, put us in danger by trying to play precise passes out of the back when they weren't there. Some of his attempted headers were bizarre too.

 

Diamond - The first time in a good while that I can genuinely think to myself that Diamond has played well in back to back games. Solid and good decision making.

 

Aluko - Decent first half when he got the ball and did well for the penalty (ridiculous challenge from the defender, there was no danger). Anonymous the second half.

 

Jack - Game passed him by a lot. Couple of neat touches and some decent covering, but think he is capable of a lot better.

 

Young - Did nothing. f**k all. Ran around a bit. Waste of a man.

 

Milsom - Looked decent enough, but was not helped by us being overrun in midfield for most of the game. Class still seemed to stand out though.

 

Vernon - Decent first half when he was getting the ball in and around the feet. Not much luck in the air. Should have had a goal if Maguire had squared to him. Overall, disappointing though, I'd have had Magennis on earlier.

 

Maguire - I'd be intrigued to see a stat on this, but other than a few fleeting moments from Aluko in the first half, Maguire was the only one regularly looking for the ball in attacking positions and worked hard. Terrible miss with the 1 on 1, and should have squared on his third chance of his 3 in 5 minutes or whatever it was, but beyond that I though he was one of the better players on show tonight. Yes there were a fair amount of errors, but he was involved so much more than anyone else there and a lot more willing than most. Fouled a ridiculous amount of times too.

 

Considine - Did better than McArdle, but risked a lot by clambering all over their forwards repeatedly.

 

Hartely - Seemed to settle things a bit when he came on and was more influential in midfield than Young.

 

Magennis - Not enough time, but his physicality caused more issues than Vernon was.

 

McDonald - anonymous as ever.

 

Ref - sh*t. Took too long to take action on the repeat offenders in the Hamilton team when they were late in to every challenge.

 

Hamilton - c**ts.

 

Brown - Think he should have went to 4-5-1 in the second half as their midfield was over-running ours and there was not enough sticking to Vernon in the game. Magennis should have replaced Vernon, and Maguire should have been pushed back to the right wing with Jack sitting inside one position.

 

Overall: Just happy with 3 points...

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Did Mr Gordon make it sound a lot better on the radio than it was on the park then K-9?

 

Listening to him it sounded like the 2nd half was end to end.

Horrific. We mustered 2 shots on target and 1 was the pen. They managed 3. Bebo did miss about 4 chances that were easier to score mind you but think Hamilton will feel bit hard done by to lose.

 

We just never got going at all.

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Horrific. We mustered 2 shots on target and 1 was the pen. They managed 3. Bebo did miss about 4 chances that were easier to score mind you but think Hamilton will feel bit hard done by to lose.

 

We just never got going at all.

 

 

Maybe had a bit more of the ball in second half but never really thought they looked like scoring. We were really poor but as you say Maguire missed a heap of chances that would have made it a lot more comfortable.

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First half played ok I thought but lacked cutting edge, Aluko and Diamond missing easy chances. Penalty was a stonewaller, converted well by Maguire. Second half we were dire and thought it was only a matter of time before Accies equalised - a better side would have scored once, maybe more. Ref seemed determined to keep his cards in his pocket too.

 

At the end of the day, it's 3 points but insipid viewing.

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