Source: Team_Talk
Houston not interested in United job
The Tannadice number two took over the hotseat on an interim basis following the departure of Craig Levein to the Scotland national team and ruled himself out of the running in the wake of the 7-1 thrashing at Rangers.[LNB]He watched on on Wednesday night as United grabbed a late winner at Hamilton - who should have been on a high after their dramatic 3-3 draw with Rangers in the Active Nation Scottish Cup at the weekend - but says he has no plans to perform a U-turn regarding the vacancy.[LNB]Houston said: "I will help the chairman and board of directors for as long as I can until they find a new manager.[LNB]"What I've said to the chairman is to make sure he gets the right one because there is no rush for it. It doesn't change my mind.[LNB]"I've known these guys for three years now, I've been in about their faces and I'm their pal at times and that's the way assistants work.[LNB]"You can become too familiar. It's working just now but two months down the line we could lose that wee spark again. I think the best thing for the football club is to bring in a new manager."[LNB]David Goodwillie grabbed the only goal of the game with 15 minutes to go to make it two consecutive wins after dumping Partick out of the Scottish Cup.[LNB]Houston added: "It was a huge win for the football club and I'm delighted with it. We've had two clean-sheets in a row both away from home at really difficult venues and I'm really pleased with that."[LNB]Hamilton boss Billy Reid admitted the better team on the night headed home with the points - but felt referee Iain Brines' performance was not up to standard either.[LNB]He said: "I was disappointed with a few things tonight that I probably shouldn't comment on. I'm not one for criticising the officials at all because I think they have got a difficult job.[LNB]"But I didn't think it was good enough tonight and I'll say it. I think it's really difficult for officials and they have big, big calls that they've got to make on the spur of the moment.[LNB]"But the overall performance wasn't good enough and I'm talking about everything - the whole performance."[LNB]Accies thrilled their fans when they fought back from behind to force holders Rangers to a Scottish Cup replay on Sunday but were a shadow of that side against United.[LNB]"We didn't really have a spark," admitted Reid.[LNB]"I think playing once in the last four weeks has hampered us. On Sunday, we put everything into the game.[LNB]"Tonight wasn't like us. We weren't getting about people, we huffed and puffed all night. We tried to hang in there and the players gave me everything, as I would expect, and I've no complaints about that at all.[LNB]"That's probably the worst we have played against Dundee United since we've come into the SPL. The way the game was going, I knew it was going to be 1-0 and someone would nick it.[LNB]"I think they were the better team over the 90 minutes."[LNB][LNB]
