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Deserved win for Accies. We were rotten for too much of that game to deserve anything. Nice finishes for both of their goals but really poor defending from our point of view. After the sending off it was almost all ICT but we created pretty much nothing of note. Half hearted penalty appeals in the second half and a wonderful strike from Gardyne, easily our best player, were all we had to show for our possession. Accies defended well and easily coped with our timid attempts to get back into the game. We had to lose sometime but I am very disappointed at how poor we were today.

Think you are being a bit unfair on Billy. He’s never really had the chance coming on as a sub other than the Buckie game. He needs to be starting a run of games to get back to goal scoring ways

Disappointing performance and result. In the first half, the early goal rocked us and gave Hamilton confidence, then they got their second with a good finish. Once they went two ahead and down to 10 men, they packed their defence and we struggled to break them down, although their defenders had a lot of last ditch defending and blocks. However, other than Harper hitting the bar and chances for Sutherland and Welsh, I’m struggling to recall many clear cut opportunities. Gardyne deserved his goal as he was our most dangerous player, and linked up well with Harper on the left. We need to be more potent as we are not scoring enough goals and our league position flatters us on recent performances. Worryingly we have beaten the teams in 2nd to 7th and dropped points against 2 of the bottom 3, with the other team in the bottom 3 to come next. It just highlights how any team can beat any team in this league so we need to be on our game every week. Still, despite today’s disappointment, before the season started we’d all have taken being 3 points ahead at the top after 8 games!

A disappointment today but Gardyne is shaping up to be possibly our best signing since relegation. Our title prospects could well hinge on him remaining fit throughout the season.

An experienced player who like Gardyne shoukd be leading by example. I accept he needs games, all players do but results have hidden failings. I would like to see McKay\Sutherland up top with Gardyne\Mcdonald wide. Natural goalscorers and creative wide players. Walsh been a passenger for weeks, needs a timeout to refocus his mind and get his desire back, now mcdonald fit it puts pressure on him and thats good

I’ve been saying for a few weeks that I’d like to see Mckay and Sutherland together. They got the second half today but I’d start them both at Elgin to see if they can form a partnership with a view to them starting against Morton in a fortnight. Duku is a menace and works hard, but we are not getting the goals we need, so time to change things. I also think we missed Devine today. A word about the referee today. He was too card happy, self inflicted by punishing the first dodgy tackle. According to the BBC stats, there were 21 fouls, but somehow he booked 7 players and sent 1 off, which did not reflect the nature of the match. I think Duku was subbed at half time due to the high risk he would get penalised again and sent off.

I know Walsh hasn't been playing great recently but I was surprised when he was subbed. Putting MacGregor wide right nullified him for almost an hour and he continuously drifted inside leaving Duffy with no one ahead of him to work with. Our whole right flank became redundant.

Agree with the above, we are playing like a team that does not believe they are capable of winning this league and have been waiting for the bubble to burst. Well, it's now burst, how quick can we repair it.

Agreed. I was thinking that the next few games - maybe up until the end of the year - could be sink or swim. We still have the problem that has existed since Billy Mckay left for the first time - we have no reliable goalscorer. Duku is ineffectual, Sutherland lacks ball-control skills, and Mckay himself never seems to get near the ball. Blue-skies thinking - when Carson is fit again, I would be tempted to see just how far forward he can play. Start him in midfield again, and then see if he can play higher up the park.

Happy Birthday to Roddy and Robbo - STILL Top of the league

Well done Hamilton. Toothless as has been said but they defended well. Really good commentary. We move on

There was sound on an ad a few minutes ago. Wildly swinging camera eventually settling on the ball suggests Pixellot to me

It will be far from the last such award young Roddy will receive in his career. Well desreved and great to see first, second and third place all going to born and bred Highland lads.

As long as he keeps playing well and avoids injuries, I don’t care what he and his hair look like!

A big thank you to all who voted during September with 40 voting in the last game against Queen of the South The winner for September is Michael Gardyne. After three months the leader for the Player of the Year is Roddy MacGregor with Mark Ridgers in second place and third equal are Manny Duku and Shane Sutherland.

The club are looking into creating a lottery named 'Nessy Numbers' or something similar

And another plastic pitch - not liked by some of our players. However I’ll be there, hoping to make my usual noise (plus rattle).