Hamilton boss: 'Fans can have a go at me, but let players play'

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Hamilton Accies boss John Rankin says fans can have a go at him all they like, but let his players play, after being held to a 0-0 draw at Stirling Albion on Tuesday night.And the Accies gaffer says his side at least got their identity back by being horrible to play against.Supporters who made their way to the Forthbank League One stalemate made their feelings apparent during the performance as Accies stretched their unwanted run to four games without a win.That also means leaders Falkirk are 16 points clear at the top, with a game in hand, while third-placed Alloa are eight points behind, also having played one fewer fixture.Rankin said: “It’s towards me, leave the players.

I’m all right with that, I don’t have an issue with that. Let them play.“Any frustrations, have a go at me, it’s fine.“The run that we’re on isn’t great, we have to try to turn it around, and pull together.

I know the players and staff are certainly doing that, and if the supporters can get behind us then brilliant.”Rankin says he saw some fight about his team in the draw against Darren Young’s side.He said: “There was a good, different side to the team.

It was a battling side, and there was a bit of fight to it.“The thing for us to take the bonus from is a clean sheet – we’ve obviously conceded eight goals in three games, so it was about getting back to make sure we were solid, defensively, not giving any cheap goals away.“We need to be difficult to beat, don’t give anything away, and make sure concentration levels were high.“Defensively we were pleased that we obviously came away with the clean sheet, and from the players’ point of view we’ve lost three games on the bounce, confidence and self belief becomes a wee bit fragile at that time, so it’s