Ogkmpoe will do whatever it takes

SNEAKY Hamilton Accies. Forever up to their tricks. Always doing the unexpected. Like getting results destined to keep ‘better’ teams behind them in the race for Premiership safety. Double goalscorer Marios Ogkmpoe revealed that his opening goal against Hearts owed more than a little to him being accidentally caught upfield taking care of a footwear issue. If 90 per cent of a striker’s job is about being in the right place at the right time, who’s going to complain about how he got there? ‘I was tying my lace but then I looked up and saw that Scott Martin was in a really good position,’ grinned Ogkmpoe. ‘It wasn’t deliberate! Maybe we should do it more often… ‘We started well and scored two early goals. It gave us a lift and it felt good for the team. It is nice to score but that is my job. I’ll feel better if I score and we stay in the league.’ Alex Gogic, the Cypriot midfielder who acted as translator for his fellow Greek speaker during post-match media duties, believes that harnessing a point in Gorgie could prove significant in the psychological battle still being waged at the foot of the table. ‘Of course — and then we could push up,’ said Gogic, pulled back into the back four after Aaron McGowan limped off with a recurring hamstring problem after 12 minutes. ‘It is not the first time we have been here. We need to be strong and put up a good fight. ‘We have the belief in the changing room. We just need to get that win now. ‘At the start of the game, if you said it would be 2-2, I would not be so pleased. But going 2-0 up and then playing so long with ten men…’ As for Jamie Hamilton’s third red card of the season, Hearts got back into the game when they were there for the taking. ‘I thought it was harsh on Jamie, but it did hit his arm,’ said Gogic. ‘Then it was just about defend, defend, defend. I think then we have to be pleased with the point.’