MARTIN CANNING, the Hamilton manager, believes a change in fortune is all that is required to reverse a run of form that has seen his side fail to win any of their last twelve Premiership fixtures.
Accies have yet to record a win on Canning's watch since he replaced Alex Neil as boss in January and the one-time Premiership leaders are now in danger of missing out on a top six place this season. The player/manager was sent off as his side drew 1-1 with St Johnstone on Saturday and reckons it is just a change of luck, and not a radical overhaul, that is needed to get Hamilton back to winning ways.
"It is never a nice situation to be in but if we were losing heavily every week I would be more worried," Canning said. "There have been a couple of games where we haven't played that well. We haven't had that bit of luck, and it is hard to keep saying that because it has got to turn.
"But the boys are working hard and doing everything they can do. Come the summer, we can shake things up, bring a couple of players in and give us the edge we had earlier in the season and that we have lost
"Everybody is realistic as to where we are at. Nobody is accepting it, I am not accepting the run of form we are in. I think we are better than what we have shown and I take responsibility and the blame for it. We need to win games and it falls on the manager's shoulders to get the wins. That is on me. But I will analyse everything and when I break it down, there is not a lot wrong."
Hamilton head to Tannadice for their final pre-split fixture this weekend determined to avoid a 13th straight game without collecting three points. Canning will miss Accies' next two matches for his foul on Michael O'Halloran at the weekend that saw him handed a straight red card. The defender was surprised to be given his marching orders but admits there is little chance of him being able to clear his record.
"I don't think there is any point appealing it because it is not a clear and obvious mistake," he said. "If ten referees saw it, a couple of probably give it and that is enough for him not to change his mind. I don't think it is an appeal to make."
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