County dust themselves down after Accies draw

Bottom-of-the-table Ross County rescued a point late on against Hamilton to keep alive their hopes of avoiding relegation come May, but co-manager Steven Ferguson thought it was very much a case of two points dropped.

The hosts more than deserved their 23rdminute opener through Jamie Lindsay but found themselves behind after two quick-fire Accies goals at the start of the second half. County captain Andrew Davies, just back from injury, popped up on 76 minutes to level matters and ensure the Staggies go into the international break just three points behind 11th-placed Partick.

“To say we’re frustrated is an understatement,” said Ferguson. “When you put as much as we did into the game you expect to come away with all three points.

“Everybody knows we haven’t done that, we’ve only taken one, but the way we’ve played merited three points and not just one.

“Things don’t always go your way with little half decisions and choices around the box going against you, but we need to brush ourselves down and go again.”

Ferguson’s opposite number – and former team-mate at the Global Energy Stadium – Martin Canning was delighted to be able to leave Dingwall having taken something from the game.

“I’m pleased with a point. If you’d offered me that at half-time I’d have bitten your hand off,” he said.

“I thought first half we were really poor. It’s so hard, you hear managers talking about it all the time, guarding against that type of performance when you’re on the back of two good wins.

“That’s a challenge for myself and our club for the levels to go up. We need to handle these games and these occasions better.”

Canning added: “In the second half we were better. Wecamebackoutandwent straight on the front foot, which was important.”