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Jim Goodwin blasts Hamilton's time wasting tactics as 10-man Accies shut out St Mirren

St Mirren boss Jim Goodwin blasted Hamilton's time wasting tactics after 10-man Accies clung on for a draw in Paisley.

George Oakley's second yellow card five minutes after the restart reduced the visitors to 10 men but they dug in to secure a precious point.

That left Goodwin annoyed as he accused Accies of using every trick in the book to ensure they went back to Lanarkshire with a result.

The Irishman said: "That was as frustrating an afternoon as I can remember. Hamilton came with a game plan to obviously frustrate us and every time the ball went out of play it took an age to come back in.

(SNS Group)

"Going down to 10 men probably suited Hamilton because it gave them all the more reason to drop deeper and deeper.

"From the first minute Owain Fon Williams was taking half a minute to get the ball back in to play. It didn't matter if they had 10 men or 11 - that was what they came here to do. They just killed the momentum of the game.

"From a fan's point of view it must be very frustrating as you come to see a game and you just can't get the ball in play. If we both set up to play like that it wouldn't be a classic.

"But we as a team have to find a way of breaking them down. It was wave after wave of attack but we had 15 attempts but only two on target and that's the problem."

(SNS Group)

Goodwin admitted referee David Munro was right not to give St Mirren a penalty after Junior Morias fell to the ground in the first half.

He added: "I've watched it back. There's a coming-together on the 18-yard line and that knocks Junior off balance but I don't think it was a penalty."

Hamilton boss Brian Rice was frustrated with the decision to send off Oakley for a foul on Sean McLoughlin.

He said: "I have had a boy sent off for jumping into someone with no malice or intent. I will need to phone the referee's supervisor to ask what the new rules are.

"There is no point of me phoning ( SFA referees supervisor) John Fleming as it would be a waste of my time."

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