Tony Docherty has been talking to the media earlier than Dundee’s final-day Premiership recreation with St Johnstone.
Listed here are the important thing factors from the Darkish Blues boss:
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Docherty stays annoyed about referee Nick Walsh’s resolution to award Ross County a stoppage-time penalty on Wednesday evening – which prevented Dundee securing security – and says the outcome was “robust to course of” for himself and the gamers.
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However there was a “reset” and Docherty’s full focus now’s on the St Johnstone recreation.
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He had a “temporary chat” with Walsh however provides: “I do not wish to speak about it as a result of it could take my focus away from Sunday and as my job as supervisor.”
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Docherty says the adversity has had a “actual galvanising” impact on the group and there is a “robust mentality” as they give the impression of being to safe survival on Sunday.
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He expects a “aggressive match” regardless of Saints having already been relegation.
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Over 3,000 Dundee followers will likely be at McDiarmid Park and Docherty says: “They had been excellent the opposite evening and I need them to be that approach [again] and to actually assist the gamers.”
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On whether or not he desires to know what’s occurring in Ross County v Motherwell: “Issues that I can management, have an effect on and affect, that is what I need the gamers to concentrate on.”
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On the significance of retaining Dundee within the Premiership: “Completely, and I feel you’ve got seen that within the degree of efficiency we put within the different evening. You’ve got seen how a lot it meant to each participant, the followers, and we virtually obtained that over the road however generally in life you face adversity and also you simply must reset and go once more and that is the place we’re.”
