MICHAEL MCGOVERN, the Hamilton goalkeeper, insists the New Douglas Park squad aren't feeling sorry for themselves as they look to halt their slide down the Premiership standings.
Accies head into their fixture with St Johnstone tomorrow without a win under new boss Martin Canning and having collected just three points from their last eleven top flight games. A miserable run of form has seen them fall from the lofty position they held under former boss Alex Neil and, with just two games left before the split, they could even drop out of the top six in the coming days.
McGovern has been one of the stars of the show for Hamilton this season and saw his fine form rewarded on the international stage as he started against Scotland at Hampden last week. He will return to domestic duty this weekend and the Northern Irishman is determined to help get Accies back on track ahead of tricky ties with the Saints and Dundee United.
"It's been frustrating," he said. "The results have been disappointing. But there is no point feeling sorry for ourselves.
"We are the only people who can get ourselves out of it. That can only be done through hard work and doing our individual jobs. If people do that then the team will prosper.
"We have a great opportunity on Saturday when we are at home. St Johnstone are a good team and it will be difficult, but we are confident we can get a result against them because we have done so this season. Everyone wants to finish top six, that's obvious, and we are trying our best to do that.
"But really we are just concentrating and trying to win our next game. If we can do that on Saturday then we'll take great confidence from it. Top six talk is out the window just now because it is really just about Saturday."
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