Hamilton eye signings before Partick Thistle clash as boss admits near misses on others

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Hamilton Accies boss Stuart Taylor is hopeful of bringing in two more new signings in the coming days.The Championship side already have a pair of fresh faces at the club following the New Year's Day captures of former Drogheda defender Danny O'Reilly and wide man Ellis Wood from Boreham Wood.But Accies are far from done in the January window, as Taylor bids to strengthen for their push to make the Championship play-offs.

And there is a chance they could be on board in time for Saturday's clash at home to Partick Thistle, a match which Accies will be light on numbers for with Covid issues and injuries hampering the squad.Taylor said: "There's a couple that we've been chasing for quite some time and we are hopeful we can get something done pretty soon."But, through experience, until a player puts pen to paper you just never know."We will keep pushing and keep working hard to make that happen."When I came in, it was about setting up strategies and structures so we put things in place that we can work from in the future."Those things are now in place and it was good to see that pay off by getting Dan and Ellis in very quickly."Some move along quickly, some take time.

There's a lot of different factors involved in signing a player, one of them being competition from other clubs."But we are looking to get the next two tied up as soon as possible."If we can get it done before the weekend that would be great because it gives us other options."We are trying our hardest to make that happen."Taylor added: "But it's not just this transfer window we are looking at, we are also looking at the one at the end of the season."That is something that we've set up as part of our strategy to make sure we are always ahead of the game and we