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Thursday 16th October 2014

Neil focused on survival

Hamilton Accies boss Alex Neil insists top-flight survival is still the priority despite his side's incredible start to the season.

Hamilton Accies boss Alex Neil insists top-flight survival is still the priority despite his side's incredible start to the season.

The promoted Lanarkshire club are top of the Premiership after being Celtic 1-0 at Parkhead on October 5 and are unbeaten since losing to Inverness CT on the opening day.

Accies face Aberdeen at New Douglas Park on Friday, live on BT Sport at 7.45pm, but player/manager Neil isn't getting carried away.

He said: "Nothing has changed. Only once we have accumulated enough points to be mathematically safe will we re-evaluate our targets. Generally you would look to the 40-point mark, so really we're only halfway there.

"If we go and lose our next nine games, that puts us right back in among the teams worried about going down. We just need to remain focused and not get carried away with reassessing our goals."