Mitchell sure Bairns can battle

Falkirk are still looking for their first SPL win as they prepare to play Hamilton for the second time.But they got an impressive point against Celtic in their most recent game and Mitchell believes the spirit shown in that 3-3 draw can carry them up the table."Folk expected us to lose against Celtic but we came out showing we had fight and scored three goals and took a point," the Scotland Under-21 full-back said."That might have felt like a win but we came off the park disheartened because we didn't win."At the weekend against Hamilton we need to show the same fight that we did against Celtic and get the win, and show teams we're in a fight and we're not going to give up."Falkirk manager Eddie May agrees that his players have to show togetherness the prove the doubters wrong."All the games are important but some games come along that give you an opportunity to get back into it and achieve where we want to be," he said."We're looking for the boys to perform against a Hamilton team that will be very determined to say 'if we beat them them that's down'."There is a long way to go and we'll stick together."Falkirk have seven players out injured for the visit of Accies, while new signing Pedro Pele is not fit enough to start.But May has been encouraged by the goalscoring performance of Pedro Moutinho on his return to the club against Celtic."Pedro played very, very well last Sunday," May said. "We have to encourage him to do that every week."With Pedro playing that way week in, week out, we'll be far better in the forward areas."Meanwhile, the club reported their pitch to be in "excellent condition" on Friday evening despite several roads being closed in the region because of heavy flooding.However, May admits the return of rain could cause a postponement."The pitch was unplayable on Thursday," he said. "If there is no rain we should be fine. But if it suddenly rains again, the game will be in major doubt.

Source: Team_Talk