Stinging Killie defeat must be motivation for Dunfermline clash, says Accies boss

Hamilton Accies head coach Stuart Taylor hopes Dunfermline suffer a backlash from his side following Saturday's 2-0 defeat at Kilmarnock.

Accies surrendered the points without really threatening the Rugby Park club and Taylor was far from happy with the performance or the result - but says he won't change what they're trying to do.

Taylor says it was always a work in progress when he took over from Brian Rice earlier this season, and they're trying to get better all the time.

Goals either side of half-time from Fraser Murray and Blair Alston put Accies to the sword, and Taylor says sometimes a game just doesn't go your way.

He said: "It's the first game in a long, long time where I could say we weren't at the races, that we deserved to get nothing out of the game.

"As a group of players and as members of staff we all know that, that it was one of those days.

"It's wrong to think that I'm just palming it off by saying that, but I'm not, I'm only being honest.

"For all the players there was a real frustration and disappointment in the dressing room afterwards. There was a lot of hurt and anger, because we went into the game confident, positive, and with a belief that we could get the three points, as we do in every game."

Taylor says sometimes you can over-analyse a game, and says there wasn't really a lot that Hamilton did wrong, as opposed to opponents Killie playing well.

"You've got to give credit where credit is due - I thought Kilmarnock were really good. They're a really good, experienced side, they've got some really good players in their team," he said.

"We went to their ground the last time, dominated the game and should have come away with something, and that probably gave us that extra confidence going into the