Brian Rice thanked Aberdeen for doing Hamilton a turn by loaning them Bruce Anderson after the striker made it two goals in four days.
Anderson has hit the ground running in Lanarkshire ironically while his parent club have now gone six games without bulging the net as Derek McInnes feels the heat in the north east.
Rice - who will assess Aaron Martin this morning after the defender left the stadium in a protective boot having gone off with an ankle knock - reckons a draw was a fair result in Paisley and lavished praise on the goalscorer as well as his backline.
He said: “I’m very grateful to Aberdeen and I’ve thanked Derek. He’s come here and found a nice partnership. He’s enjoying his football.
“He’s 22 and wants to play regularly. At Aberdeen they’ve got a good squad and he wasn’t starting too much.
“But let’s not forget the boys at the back. We’ve had a settled back three.
“We got them together on Boxing Day and we’ve only lost nine goals since then including games against the Old Firm.
“I’m delighted with everyone, with the spirit we showed to bounce back.
“When we go 1-0 down, in the position we are in, to fight back and be on front foot trying to win the game was good to see.”
Saints boss Jim Goodwin saw his side climb back into the top six thanks to the draw.
But he admits had it not been for Jak Alnwick then they could have come away with nothing.
Goodwin said: “We’re frustrated to only have drawn based on the chances we had first half.
“I felt Hamilton were the slightly better team second half. Young Anderson never stops running and gambling and he got the goal his all-round performance deserved.
“Then we had to rely on Jak to make a great save to stop us losing the game so I suppose over the piece a draw is probably fair.
“That save was huge because Hamilton were slightly on top and we’d have been sickened if we’d not taken anything from the game.
“The point puts us back into the top six which is where we want to be.
“We’re in the driver’s seat with a fantastic opportunity.
“We’re not relying on favours from anyone. It’s a good position to be in, the best we’ve been in in our history at this stage so it’s the fear of failure that drives you on you don’t want to come this far and not achieve.”
