Source: Team_Talk
Nish furious at referee injustice
Nish received an injury-time yellow card after an aerial challenge on Mark McLaughlin, soon after being booked for a similar incident with Martin Canning.
The dismissal capped a miserable afternoon for Nish, whose recall to the starting line-up turned sour as early as the eighth minute when his handball allowed Simon Mensing to open the scoring from the penalty spot.
The big striker admitted to exasperation over his treatment by referees after David Somers handed him the second red card of his Hibs career.
"It was two honest challenges," Nish said. "The first one I think I did catch him but I didn't think I caught him with my elbow, more my hand.
"The second one, I was just trying to get my body in front of him to hold him off.
"That's what you get taught to do, but unfortunately every time I do it I seem to get fouls against me.
"It summed up the day for me, it summed up a year and a half for me."
Hibernian manager John Hughes added: "I felt Nish's second yellow card was very, very soft.
"I've had the chance to see it on the screen. It didn't merit a second yellow card."
As well as being unjustly punished, Nish also claims he is badly protected by officials.
"I never seem to get any fouls," the 28-year-old said. "I feel like I'm doing something wrong.
"Sometimes I try not to use my hands and you just give the ball away because it's impossible.
"To be fair, I don't have anything personal against that referee.
"It just seems that every time I win a ball, it's a foul. It affects my game a wee bit but that's how it goes."
Nish did confess that he was guilty of handball over the penalty he gave away.
"I thought there was someone coming in behind me and I just tried to get my body in front of it, thinking the boy was going to header it," the former Kilmarnock player said.
"But there was nobody there. I thought I should maybe have got a shout but things happen so quickly."
The large contingent of Hibs fans who witnessed their club's first defeat in Hamilton for 70 years also suffered the ignominy of seeing former Easter Road striker Mickael Antoine-Fortune net on his debut for Accies.
The on-loan Dundee forward was not bothered that his goal came against Hibs, he was just delighted to help Hamilton get their first win of the season.
"That wasn't the important thing, the important thing was to win the game," he said.
"I wasn't playing at Dundee, God knows why. So you've got to enjoy it. The motivation was there but I didn't let it get into my head.
"The most important thing was to get the team going to win the first game."
Hibernian's comeback attempts were thwarted when Tomas Cerny saved Derek Riordan's 80th-minute penalty, which was awarded for handball against Trent McClenahan on the advice of an assistant referee.
However, Somers took no action against the full-back with an SFA spokesman explaining: "The assistant was not able to confirm which Hamilton player was responsible due to the amount of players in the vicinity. Hence no further action was taken."
Hamilton manager Billy Reid was delighted with his side's approach as they claimed their first SPL points this season.
"We had to be in their faces and we were," Reid said. "The early goal helped, it settled us right down.
"I thought it was deserved, at that stage of the game we controlled the game, had a good shape and Hibernian found it difficult to break us down.
"We knew second half they would pin us back a wee bit, and they did, without too many concerns.
"Just at the end with the penalty decision, I think it was the right decision, but Tomas Cerny has bailed us out with a fantastic double save."
Reid added: "I have to make a special mention for Antoine-Curier. I thought he was exceptional. He ran the channels and got his goal, what a shift.
"But it's slightly unfair to pick out any players because it was a team performance."
Hamilton manager Billy Reid was delighted with his side's approach as they claimed their first SPL points this season.
"We had to be in their faces and we were," Reid said. "The early goal helped, it settled us right down.
"I thought it was deserved, at that stage of the game we controlled the game, had a good shape and Hibernian found it difficult to break us down.
"We knew second half they would pin us back a wee bit, and they did, without too many concerns.
"Just at the end with the penalty decision, I think it was the right decision, but Tomas Cerny has bailed us out with a fantastic double save."
Reid added: "I have to make a special mention for Antoine-Curier. I thought he was exceptional. He ran the channels and got his goal, what a shift.
"But it's slightly unfair to pick out any players because it was a team performance."
