Hamilton Accies boss John Rankin rues wasteful finishing as Stirling Albion draw 'feels like a defeat'

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Hamilton Accies boss John Rankin admits their draw with Stirling Albion felt like a defeat after his side let a two-goal lead slip and missed a 90th minute penalty.On a day that started with Accies losing strike starlet Ryan Oné to English Premier League side Sheffield United, Rankin's Saturday didn't get any better as his side were knocked off the top of League One by Falkirk on goal difference, dropped their first points of the campaign and conceded their first goals in the division after four clean sheets.Accies battered the Binos in a first half that saw Euan Henderson and Kevin O'Hara fire them 2-0 in front after 38 minutes.But just before the break Josh Cooper pulled one back and Kyle Banner equalised 14 minutes from time.It looked like Accies would keep their perfect record when Joe McGlynn won a 90th minute penalty, but O'Hara saw his spot-kick saved by ex-Accie Blair Currie.And gutted Rankin was left to rue his side's wasteful finishing, after passing up a host of chances in the first half.He said: "It feels like a defeat.

We started the game really well, but we didn't take our chances and that's the most important thing, we have to be ruthless."If you don't take your chances you always give the opposition hope.

Blair Currie pulled off two decent saves in the first half to be fair to him, but we deserved to go in with a lead at half-time."When you concede so close to half-time, it gives the opposition an opportunity."To be fair to Stirling Albion, they stayed in the game, caused us problems in the second half as well, and it really feels like a defeat."But when you look at the chances we created today, we have to look at ourselves and ask why we never took them."We hit the post, hit the bar, had maybe two