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John Rankin shrugged off Hamilton Accies’ League One leader status, and says maintaining their form is more important.
Accies’ 2-1 KDM Evolution Trophy defeat at home to Annan on Saturday was their first in eight games in all competitions, but none of the players who have won four games in a row featured in the Broadwood clash.
Rankin hopes resting his key players ahead of a trip to Montrose will put them in the best possible condition to pick up where they left off.
Hamilton sit top of League One, level with Stenhousemuir on 17 points, one ahead of Inverness, two over Alloa and three above East Fife in fifth.
Rankin said: “I don’t look at the league table just now, no matter what league we’re in. There’s no point, we’re only one quarter in. There’s a long wa