Super Dan hopes to be lucky charm

24 October 2009 09:12
The former Coventry left-back missed games against Rangers, Rapid Vienna and Motherwell with a hamstring tear and was then ruled out of the Hamburg match on Thursday night after contracting a bug.[LNB]Celtic failed to win any of those games and the 1-0 defeat by the Bundesliga side left their European hopes hanging by a thread.[LNB]It also brought fresh criticism from the fans and Mowbray, who threatened to make wholesale changes when the transfer window opens in January.[LNB]Fox, who came through training unscathed on Friday morning and is in contention for the game against Hamilton at New Douglas Park on Sunday, said: "The gaffer's criticism was maybe to get a reaction from us.[LNB]"We have to go out all guns blazing on Sunday and maybe play the way we did against Aberdeen away at the start of the season and get people talking about how good a team we are again.[LNB]"There is a winning mentality at the club.[LNB]"I see the fans getting frustrated during games and after and that's their opinion but we have to block that out.[LNB]"You can't afford to let your head go down.[LNB]"I thought we played well against Hamburg. If you look at the chances we created, we should have got at least a point from the game but it wasn't to be.[LNB]"Now we have to go into the game on Sunday confident and get back to winning ways.[LNB]"Friday was my first day back with the rest of the boys and I feel fine," Fox added.[LNB]"I managed to do a bit of training on Thursday, but that was my first proper session and I feel good to be honest.[LNB]"It was a hamstring injury to start with. I had a scan a few weeks ago and it found two small tears.[LNB]"It was frustrating to be out, but hopefully that's me back now."[LNB]Despite some disappointing results from Celtic recently, Hamilton manager Billy Reid insists the Hoops will still be "heavy favourites" this weekend.[LNB]But he has vowed to give Mowbray's men as torrid a time as possible.[LNB]He said: "Both the Old Firm have come in for a bit of criticism recently, they've not been scoring goals as freely as they would like or winning games on a regular basis the way they did in the past three or four years.[LNB]"But Celtic will come here and will be heavy favourites to turn us over.[LNB]"I thought last season we were unlucky not to pick up a point at our place and we just have to make sure we are in their faces.[LNB]"Right from the kick-off we have to make sure their good players don't play.[LNB]"When we get the ball we need to keep it and when we get chances we need to take them against a team like Celtic."[LNB][LNB] Hamilton v Celtic. Click here to bet.  

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