Montrose v Hamilton: Crunch clash is a huge opportunity, admits Accies boss

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Hamilton Accies face a crunch pre-split clash against SWPL1 basement battlers Montrose on Sunday, but boss Robert Watson says nothing will be decided, even if they win.Accies are level on 10 points with their hosts and Dundee United in 10th, three behind Spartans in ninth, and six behind derby rivals Motherwell, who are eighth.Watson acknowledges that there is a great opportunity to close the gap on Motherwell – who face Spartans – and pull further away from the drop zone.But he warns that there are still plenty of twists and turns to come.“That’s the last match before the split, so that’s a really big match,” he said.“It’s an opportunity to go three points ahead of them, but it’s going to be a very tough fixture.“Winning that would be huge.

Spartans play Motherwell on the same day, so if we win that game then we potentially either go equal with Spartans, or three points behind Motherwell, depending on what happens in that game.“That’s a massive incentive; it’s not only getting further away from the teams below you, it’s dragging the teams above you closer to you.“To keep everyone in that mix, from our point of view, would be quite good.”Watson reckons Accies have potentially put themselves in a good position, but there is a long way to go.He said: “We’re only actually two wins behind Motherwell, all of a sudden, who at one point were quite far ahead of us, so it shows the league has a lot of twists and turns to come.“Certainly, going up to Motherwell, I’m not sure they’re completely out of things, either.“From that point of view it means every team is going to have to be doing everything to get points in every game.“The more teams that are involved in things the better, because it means teams are scrapping for things