Dundee welcome Inverness Caledonian Thistle to Dens this week as they look to continue the recent form which has brought two wins and within minutes of a point at Ibrox.
The league table sees the teams from 6th down to 12th separated by just three points and a victory for Paul Hartley’s men could see them shoot up the table. The manager said of the fixture, “The big incentive for us is that we can probably leap frog 3 or 4 teams.”
“I have total belief in the players, we are all positive. Monday was good, the training, because we knew we had such a strong performance at Ibrox. The last three weeks, I’ve been really pleased. The players have never let their heads go down and if we can get things right we’ve got a good group here and we’ll start climbing the table.”
Commenting on Richie Foran’s first spell as a manager and looking ahead to Saturday, the manager said, “He’s done well there, good squad, always difficult games against Inverness, we totally respect them.”
A number of players took steps on the way back from injury during the week as five first team players turned out for the under 20s in the 4-1 win over St. Mirren. A few of them are still not ready to back into the first team squad, Paul gave an update on the injury situation, “Mark O’Hara and Nicky Low are still another week away, they played a reserve game on Tuesday and came through it but they still need another week training. Nick Ross picked up an ankle knock, a few stitches and he may struggle. Michael Duffy has been not well and Yordi Teijsse has taken a knock.”
The full pre match press conference including interviews with both Paul Hartley and James Vincent can be seen on www.dundeefc.co.uk/deetv now.
