"We are really disappointed. We felt we were too easily to play against and were cut open too many times.

"We were all over the place at times.

"Losing Kyle Letheren just before kick off did not help and the goalkeeper had a difficult game.

"We are going through a difficult time as players and coaching staff and we've got to get out of it somehow."

Hamilton Academical: McGovern, Gillespie, Canning, Devlin, Hendrie, Neil, MacKinnon, Imrie, Andreu, Crawford, Antoine-Curier. Subs: Routledge, Scotland, Longridge, Brophy, Garcia Tena, Redmond, Hill.

Motherwell: Twardzik, Reid, Kerr, McManus, Hammell, Ainsworth, Lasley, Ramsden, Ojamaa, Law, Sutton. Subs: Nielsen, Erwin, Cummins, Thomas, Cadden, Ferguson, MacLean.

Referee: Crawford Allan

Ross County make one change, with Graham Carey coming into midfield in place of Michael Gardyne. Highland derby rivals Inverness Caledonian Thistle are unchanged.

Ross County: Reguero, Saunders, Boyd, Paul Quinn, Reckord, Kiss, Brittain, Woods, Dunfield, Carey, Arquin. Subs: Cardle, Jervis, Maatsen, Boyce, Brown, Toshney, Irvine.

Inverness CT: Brill, Raven, Warren, Meekings, Tremarco, Tansey, Shinnie, Watkins, Christie, Doran, McKay. Subs: Esson, Vincent, Ross, Sekajja, Devine, Horner, Williams.

Referee: Steven McLean

Motherwell make one change, Mark O'Brien being left out and Fraser Kerr coming into defence as new manager Ian Baraclough looks to continue the improved form since he took charge and record a third straight win. Hamilton are unchanged as they look to recover from their defeat by Kilmarnock.

What it all means is that we could, in theory at least, have a three-horse race for the Scottish Premiership title.

That seemed an extremely unlikely prospect at the start of the season given Celtic's dominance since Rangers departed the top-flight scene and the way the men from Parkhead continue to dwarf the others financially.

But are the Dons and United capable of sustaining the challenge? It could also be asked - are this Celtic side capable of handing the title to someone else despite the odds stacked so heavily in their favour?

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Of course, Dundee United's emphatic derby win over neighbours Dundee in that earlier kick-off means that Aberdeen have slipped to third on goal difference and they will be hoping to ensure that it is only a temporary occurrence.

Anonymous: "Sitting on the road into Dingwall stuck in a looooooooong queue for the football"

Anonymous: "Hartley - do what you did at Alloa and walk away."

Mikey Hunter: "I see United are still poor only winning 6-2! I remember when we beat the Dundee 7-2 on New Years Day. Saints are still the best in Tayside!" Time will tell after today's game at Pittodrie perhaps.

St Mirren: Ridgers, Naismith, McAusland, Goodwin, Tesselaar, Osbourne, Mallan, McLear, McGinn, Kelly, McLean. Subs: Wylde, Reilly, Ball, Drury, Kello, Baird, Morgan.

Kilmarnock: Samson, Barbour, Ashcroft, Connolly, Chantler, McKenzie, Slater, O'Hara, Magennis, Eremenko, Miller. Subs: Johnston, Cairney, Brennan, Pascali, Muirhead, Syme, Splaine.

Referee: William Collum

Aberdeen: Brown, Logan, Taylor, Reynolds, Considine, McGinn, Pawlett, Jack, Hayes, Goodwillie, Rooney. Subs: Langfield, Monakana, Smith, Shankland, Murray, Gibbons, Wright.

St Johnstone: Mannus, Mackay, Anderson, Wright, Miller, Croft, Millar, Lappin, O'Halloran, Wotherspoon, MacLean. Subs: Scobbie, McDonald, Banks, Caddis, McFadden, Davidson, Brown.

Referee: Craig Thomson

Dundee United manager Jackie McNamara on BBC Radio Scotland

"Fantastic. I'm delighted with a lot of things in the game.

"A lot of our players were at it today and, when we play like that, we feel we can beat anybody.

"We knew we could cause them problems."

Arguably, the pick of the games to come is at Pittodrie, where Aberdeen have a big chance to set the Scottish Premiership title chase alight by defeating St Johnstone. With Celtic losing to Dundee United, drawing with Ross County then having their game against Partick Thistle called off, Derek McInnes' side have been presented with a chance to leapfrog the reigning champions at the top of the table.

There are four more fixtures to come and, after the goalfest from Tannadice, we have four more games this afternoon after the Partick Thistle against Celtic match was postponed.

Hello and Happy New Year to you all. I'll be your host for the rest of the games on a big day of derbies in the Scottish Premiership.

Well folks, thanks for joining me on what was an entertaining start to the football year.

I'll pass you on to my colleague Clive Lindsay, who will take you through the rest of the day's action.

Lee: There is no excuses for top flight games to be postponed. The SPFL need to start hammering clubs for cancelations.

Carina: Tangerine dream in 2015 #derbydemolition.

Leigh Edwards: Beeeaaaauuuuutiiiifffuuulllll!!!!!

I think it's safe to say Leigh is a Dundee United fan.

We'll hopefully hear from both managers at Tannadice soon, and then it's on to the four other games on today's fixture list.

Remember the Partick Thistle v Celtic match has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

George Pendrich on Facebook: Dundee are a lost team devoid of tactical awareness and confidence. After a good start to the season who knows where the next points are coming from?