Dodds in quest to put the bite on Accies

Inverness made the most of their second chance in the Scottish Cup by beating Livi.

They took the place of Championship rivals Queen’s Park, who were kicked out for fielding an ineligible player in their fourth-round 2-0 win in Inverness last month.

The stunning victory in West Lothian lines up a crack at Derek McInnes’ Killie on Friday, March 10, in a tie to be screened live on BBC Scotland.

And Dodds will seek a repeat performance next month when they target a Hampden semi.

He said: “It could have been better, and it could have been worse – that’s the way Kilmarnock will view it as well.

“I’m just glad we’re in it. After the Queen’s Park situation, everyone just thought we’d got through by default and would just stand aside for Livingston.

“No chance – we showed by that performance we mean business.

“I’ve always said that if we get our standards right, our habits, we’re a match for most teams. We proved that on Saturday, but we must keep that going.”

With back-to-back fixtures against the 10th team in the Championship, Dodds knows fans will be after two wins.

However, the boss says he cannot afford to look beyond this first encounter against a Hamilton side who were six games unbeaten in all competitions before losing 2-0 to Hearts in the Scottish Cup.

Dodds said: “I would do anything to get the maximum points. I’d bite your hand off.

“But if you start looking too far ahead you can get bitten in this league.

“We can’t look beyond Saturday, or we’ll get ourselves in trouble. It is a tough fixture.”