St Mirren 0 Hamilton 2

St Mirren 0 Hamilton 2

Scorers: HAMILTON: Paixao, Canning

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GUS MacPHERSON: IF you start any game in the manner that we did against Hamilton then you're going to have problems.

We were nowhere near the standards we've set in recent weeks.

We are well aware what our strengths are but today we really showed what our weaknesses are.

Losing goals from set-pieces was disappointing but the way we conceded those set-pieces in the first place was just as bad from my point of view because I felt we gave them away very cheaply.

I only listed six substitutes for this match but there were reasons for that.

We had to include three Under-21 players in our squad because of the SPL rules.

However, I don't believe in putting players on the bench for the sake of it.

I believe you should only be there on merit and our injury list means that I'm pretty short of options.

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BILLY REID: WE didn't play well in the first half, in fact, we were poor. They controlled and dominated the play but we went in 2-0 up.

Goals change games and I think we deserved to win over the 90 minutes but Lee Mair's red card obviously helped us.

Would I have been disappointed if that had been one of my players going off? Maybe, but it would be wrong for me to say anything about that

The clean sheet was important for us.

MARCO PAIXAO: MY goal was crucial. It was fantastic for our confidence and you could see us relax after I scored.

I had never been taken off so early in a match before as I was against Celtic last weekend but I am a winner and want to make my name in the SPL.

We can go on from this and if we beat Mother- well next week we can move up the table.

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