Bingham says Hamilton proving their potential

Rakish Bingham insists Hamilton are illustrating their attacking ability as last season’s least prolific top-flight outfit enjoy a free-scoring start to their Premiership campaign.

A Bingham brace and a clinical Louis Longridge strike saw off the meek challenge of Hibernian at Easter Road on Saturday, with Anthony Stokes’ late consolation providing little solace for the hosts.

With Longridge also striking the crossbar and Hibs goalkeeper Ofir Marciano worked regularly, the win could have been even more handsome.

The shock win followed hot on the heels of a 3-0 triumph against Dundee, the first time Accies have notched three times in successive fixtures since January last year.

Hamilton scored just 37 league goals all last term as they narrowly avoided relegation via the play-offs, but Bingham is adamant he never lost faith in their quality going forward.

He said: “We have always had the ability to score and we have believed that – now it’s starting to show on the pitch.”

Meanwhile, Hibs head coach Neil Lennon rued the drop in standard between his side’s poor display against Accies and their thrilling 3-2 win over Rangers seven days earlier.

It is a disparity which he reckons is unacceptable if the capital club are to have aspirations of a European challenge and hopes the reverse acts as a wake-up call.

He said: “We’ve had a great start to the season. A lot of nice things have been said about this team but we were nowhere near the finished article, and we are still nowhere near the finished article.”