HAMILTON Accies fans are to boycott one of their team’s upcoming games in a protest over their current plight.
Supporters group WeAreHamilton have published an open letter stating they will not attend the Ladbrokes Premiership game with Kilmarnock on February 4 and will instead travel to Selkirk to watch East Kilbride as they display their frustration and anger at the current regime and management.
The New Douglas Park club currently sit 11th in the table after 21 games with just two wins. They also sit just one point above Inverness Caley Thistle.
In a statement printed in the town’s local paper the Hamilton Advertiser, the group state they have ‘absolutely no faith’ in manager Martin Canning and have also criticised the club’s recruitment policy.
It read: “There seems to be a general consensus of opinion amongst Accies fans of all ages that the club are currently underperforming in the SPFL Premiership and seem to be hell-bent on relegation back to the Championship.
“In our opinion there have been poor decisions and we are incapable of turning performances into wins, due to poor game management and poor substitutions. Added to that we display, apparently, a complete lack of ability to rouse the players, as evidenced over the last half a dozen games.
“While realising that Martin Canning is not fully responsible for our signing policy, he seems unable to get the best out of the players that we have and has one of our best midfielders played out of position all season.
“As a form of protest we are planning to not attend the home league game against Kilmarnock on February 4 and instead attend East Kilbride’s away tie against Selkirk on the same date.
“That is not a course of action that we take lightly, but it’s a course of action that we feel is necessary at this point to protest against decisions currently being made at the club, on and off the pitch.”
Hamilton Accies refused to comment.
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