Motherwell win will take 'resilience' for Hamilton Accies in Lanarkshire derby

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Gary Doctor says his Hamilton Women’s team need to show their resilient side if they are to earn the derby bragging rights over Motherwell this weekend in a huge SWPL1 clash.Accies are sitting second from bottom in the division going into the clash away to seventh-place ‘Well on Sunday, and will be desperate to halt a run of four games without a win.The Women of Steel ran out 3-1 winners at New Douglas Park In their previous meeting in November.But Doctor says that wasn’t a fair reflection of the game and his side must be ready to repel what their opponents will throw at them this time.He said: “It’s been a difficult few weeks since the Glasgow City result [a 6-0 defeat].

We’ve had very close results since and not won so we are looking for a big performance on Sunday.“We need to continue to play well but give a wee bit more in the key moments.“The players need to focus on showing resilience that you need in these types of games.“The game earlier in the season was a strange one.

Motherwell did well but we had a really poor period just before half-time. In the second half we were excellent and probably should have scored more to get a result in that game.“We really caused them problems and that’s what we’ve got to do from the first minute on Sunday.“We’ve had a result against them previously [a 1-0 win at Fir Park last season] and we need to make sure our players are ready for what will come at them to get a positive result.”The clash takes on a greater level of importance with it likely to be Accies’ last realistic chance to pick up points before the split next month.They host Celtic and Hibs before travelling to Rangers – sides all in the top five – after it and Doctor said: “We’ve got that hard run of fixtures going