Hamilton Accies boss John Rankin admits his side's bid for Championship survival just got harder after their sixth defeat on the spin saw them slip six points behind at the foot of the table.
And he has revealed the club missed out on potential signings before today's defeat to Raith Rovers.Rovers grabbed their first win in five games to leave Lanarkshire with all three points, thanks to Jamie Gullan's ninth-minute strike, and only Ryan Fulton's late penalty save from Aidan Connolly prevented a bigger margin of victory.
It's now just one point from the last 24 for Accies and they fell further behind ninth-place Arbroath - who have played a game more - at the bottom after the Lichties stunned 10-man Dundee.
And as rivals Lichties brought in three fresh faces to Gayfield before their win with the arrivals of ex-West Ham striker Sean Adarkwa, winger Yasin Ben El-Mhanni and midfielder Joao Balde from Hibs, Rankin revealed his side missed out on a number of targets.He said: "We tried to bring in bodies today but unfortunately it never worked out for us before today's game. "We are well aware of what bringing in new players means, especially when you are in a struggling position in the Championship,"I think bringing bodies in who are experienced at this stage of the season is important."You see with Arbroath they bring in new signings and it gives their dressing room a lift."We need something similar and very soon."We had potential over the week previous to bring bodies in.
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