Player ratings: Hamilton Academical v Hearts

Feb 2 2009

HAMILTON

Tomas Cerny: Solid and reliable. 7

Trent McLenahan: Another top-class display from consistent Aussie full-back. 7

Brian Easton: Steady at back and got forward to good effect. 7

Mark McLaughlin: Marshalled back line superbly. Won everything in air. 7

Martin Canning: Cleared everything that came his way despite ankle knock. 7

James McArthur:Great vision and awareness. Pulled strings in midfield. 7

Simon Mensing: Capped top-class display with two well-taken goals. 8

James McCarthy: Combined outrageous skill with phenomenal workrate. 8

Alex Neil: Carried out man-marking job on Aguiar brilliantly. 8

Paul McGowan:Direct style caused problems for Hearts all afternoon. 6

Richard Offiong: Put in decent shift. 6

Subs:
Derek Lyle - kept it simple. Effective display, 5.
Joel Thomas - continually caught offside, 2.

HEARTS

Jamie McDonald: Recalled after spell in reserves. Improved after shaky start. 6

Robbie Neilson:Suckered into conceding second-half penalty by McCarthy. 6

Lee Wallace: Hearts' best player and their only real attacking threat. 7

Eggert Jonsson: Didn't look as assured without Berra by his side. 6

Marius Zaliukas: Tendency to switch off remains a concern. 6

Michael Stewart: Passed up great early chance. Worked hard but never got going.6

Bruno Aguiar: Couldn't cope with the close attention of Neil. Hauled off after an hour. 5

Christos Karipidis: This game passed him by. 5

Andy Driver: Subdued display from little winger who was well policed by Easton. 5

David Obua: Too over-elaborate. 5

Christain Nade: Battering-ram style failed to trouble Accies defence. 5

Subs:
Laryea Kingston - little impact, 3.
Gary Glen - on at death, 2.
Callum Elliot - only on for a few minutes, 2.

Taken from the Daily Record