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Livingston loan star admits Hamilton Accies need to find a ruthless streak

Josh Mullin admits Hamilton must find a ruthless streak and kill teams off when they're on top, but says if everybody backs them, they'll get it over the line.

Mullin, who is on loan from Livingston for the season, says Accies are playing some nice football but just aren't getting the results, like on Saturday when they were pegged back in a 1-1 draw at home to Ayr United.

But Mullin says with away trips to Raith Rovers and Arbroath looming on Saturday and the following Wednesday, they have a chance to get it right.

He said: "If you look at the results we've had, when we've needed the result we've always been positive and bounce back.

"There has never been a game we've gone into where we're trying to change what we're trying to do.

"We're sticking to what we want to do, what we're trying to do here at the club, and everybody has bought into it.

Hamilton were ahead through Kai Kennedy's strike, but ended up drawing the game (SNS Group)

"It's great to be a part of, so it's just asking everybody to get behind us and get us over the line.

"It will come, definitely."

Mullin was disappointed to take just a point from Ayr, but says that's exactly the type of game he's talking about, with several missed chances in the first half, including a penalty from Ronan Hughes that struck the bar.

He said: "I think when you look at the chances in the overall game, we probably deserved to win it, but the harsh reality is that we didn't, we came away with a draw.

"We need to be more ruthless in both boxes, try to get out and stop the shot quicker from them, and finish them off with the chances we had in the first half.

"We certainly had chances in the second half as well, so it's something that we'll need to look at, but we need to be more aggressive in both boxes.

Mullin says Accies must get better at defending attacks, but taking their own chances as well (SNS Group)

"Something that probably hasn't been associated with Hamilton over the years is nice football, and that's what we're playing, but when you're not getting results the fans don't care about nice football.

"It's frustrating for them, it's frustrating for us, it's frustrating for everybody, but we need to trust in what we're doing, because we've been dominant in games.

"So if we can just find that cutting edge to kill teams off, then it will be worth it, but we would like to find that sooner rather than later."

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