Billy Reid does not want Christian Nade's return to goal scoring form to continue today.
 Hamilton welcome Hearts today and manager Billy Reid has no new injury worries to concern him ahead of the game. Accies' only injury bsentees are Derek Lyle and James Gibson (both knee), who are out for the season. Reid is positioning himself for the January transfer window when he released midfielders Gary Mason and John Paul Kissock this week. How he reshapes his squad will depend on availability and clever finance balancing. Reid is a fan of Christian Nade and has warned his players the joke will be on them if they laugh off the threat he will provide today. Frenchman Nade has become something of a figure of fun since his move north of the border almost two and a half years ago. Even his own manager, Csaba Laszlo, has been exasperated by Nade lack of goals while he carries on with his desperate hunt for a new striker. But Nade arrives at New Douglas Park with back-to-back goals against St Johnstone and Kilmarnock. Whatever happens, Accies boss Reid will certainly not be joining in with any abuse of the burly striker. Reid said: "I'm one of these guys who thinks the stick that Christian Nade gets is unjust, I really do. At times, when you play that lone striker, if you don't get support to you and people round about you, it's a very difficult job. The one thing is he's probably not scored enough goals. But he's got two in two games and that'll certainly give him confidence. When Christian Nade is on his game, I think he's a right handful. And I think if he gets people round about him, we need to aware of Christian Nade. I rate him highly."  Hearts manager Laszlo must decide whether it is sensible to risk left-back Lee Wallace and winger Suso Santana in today's game. He is confident Wallace will be fit after x-rays showed no serious damage to his ankle from Saturday's 2-1 victory at Kilmarnock, while Suso could make his first appearance for six weeks after recovering from a hernia operation. Defender Jose Goncalves returns from suspension and David Templeton is also fit following his latest foot injury but Jason Thomson is struggling (hamstring problem), and Andrew Driver (knee), Marius Zaliukas (ankle), and Jamie Mole (ankle) are definitely out. |
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