this morning called on his players to earn back the respect and appreciation of the fans after their 8-0 humiliation at Ibrox on Sunday by beating Stranraer.
The manner of that result led to supporters confronting Rice outside New Douglas Park on the team's return from Govan and he took the time to address them and apologise.
However, Rice didn't get the reaction he demanded of his charges and his hopes of appeasing angry fans took a massive dent, with strikes from Tam Orr and Darryl Duffy either side of Hakeem Odoffin's header inflicting Hamilton's 11th defeat in 15 outings this season.
It's the second time in a month Accies have been sent packing by a League Two side, after Annan beat them 3-1 in the opening game of Group F.
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