00:00Michael, the Dundee derby.
00:01Stephen Presley, I think we said it last week,
00:05but let's just say it again now
00:06because we had a lot of Dundee fans on with comments, didn't we?
00:08Two or three weeks ago.
00:09There was a lot of concern.
00:11You can completely understand the concern, by the way.
00:13At the time, there were worrying signs.
00:16But the way things have turned quite quickly,
00:19and I know it's three wins, it's three big wins,
00:21it's only three wins,
00:22but the way it's turned to win a derby,
00:24that must win a lot of those fans back over.
00:27Well, and it's not, it's all of those things.
00:30It's the fact that, you know, it's three wins in a week,
00:33and the latest one is the New Year's derby at Panadise
00:39against their closest rivals.
00:41All of those things, when you add it to the mix,
00:44of course, are huge in regards to winning favour
00:48and creating a bit of belief amongst the fan base.
00:51I mean, look, Dundee, with those three wins,
00:59propel themselves up that table a wee bit
01:01and get themselves away from what we were talking about
01:04was what looked like quite a clear separation
01:07between Livvy, Kelly, and Dundee and the rest.
01:11All of a sudden, you're saying,
01:12well, I'll tell you what,
01:13Dundee looked like they might be able to get themselves
01:15into that mid-table area.
01:17Now, they're going to have to obviously keep up that form
01:19and keep picking points up,
01:21but the belief and the confidence
01:24will be soaring through the team now.
01:27And they did create a lot of opportunities.
01:29They did.
01:30They did.
01:30They absolutely did.
01:31I mean, the concern for Dungeon United was that
01:33defensively, you know, the fragility was just,
01:38I mean, Esselink's just looking like he was so immobile
01:44and not...
01:45Running on coffee.
01:46Jeez, aye, aye.
01:48I mean, that's a big concern.
01:51You know, defensively, where it's looked all right,
01:54it's now looking like...
01:55I mean, this is an incredible save for me.
01:57But see even the goal, Mikey.
01:59I was just thinking, like, see if I was playing there.
02:02See when you...
02:03As soon as you realise Kamara's going to jump,
02:05you should be dropping back.
02:07Just drop back into space.
02:09Because the two of you aren't going for it.
02:11And even if Kamara...
02:12You'd understand if he knocks it back,
02:13well, I'm in the right position here, he's running into me,
02:16or I can get it.
02:17Just a simple mistake.
02:19But Dundee, he thoroughly deserved it for me.
02:22I mean, the chances that he created in the first half.
02:24But that's what we said.
02:25It was about getting the balance right in this team.
02:28Sometimes they're too defensive and they're not creating anything.
02:30And then other times they've got amazing performances,
02:34Celtic, all that sort of thing.
02:36But it's just getting that balance right.
02:37And I think they were spot on.
02:38And they defended really well at times.
02:41But you remember, Bevan's just at the football club,
02:43just joined the football club.
02:44Simon Murray's to come back as well.
02:46We know that Stephen Prez has always said, Michael,
02:48January was a big window.
02:49And this has to be done for them.
02:51But all of a sudden, what looked a bit bleak looks like,
02:53oh, well, there's a few options.
02:55Well, yeah, absolutely.
02:56But, you know, it could be timed very well
03:00because you look at the next three games
03:03and you've got Hearts at home in the league.
03:05You've got Kelly away in the cup.
03:08And then I think it's away to the Rangers
03:10as the next league game after that.
03:12So that's three big games, you know,
03:16in the context of those two league games
03:18against two of the top three teams in the country
03:23and Kelly in the cup,
03:28which is obviously against one of the sides
03:30that are down near them in the table.
03:33But the fans will be looking and hoping
03:35that they're going to be able to get through
03:37to the next round.
03:38What was a wee chuckle there for Alan?
03:41You just make me laugh when you're talking about it.
03:44He loves this title race.
03:47Why not, Michael?
03:49You've got to love Scottish football, don't you,
03:52and the old title challenges.
03:53Brilliant.
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