Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
‘It is up to me keep my spot
CRAIG Wighton says it’s down to him and him alone whether he can keep his place in the Dundee first team.
After starting only his third league game of the season in the 1-0 win at Hamilton last week, the 19-year-old is desperate to stay in manager Paul Hartley’s plans this season.
The Scotland U/21 international knows it’s solid work on and off the park, though, that will see him blossom into a first-team regular.
Craig said: “It’s up to me to keep my place in the team.
“I need to keep working hard and make it difficult for the manager to leave me out.
“I’m confident I can put in good performances every week if I get a run of games.
“We have good players here so, if you don’t have a good game, there are players ready to take your place.
“Every week I need to get better and better.”
The win at Hamilton saw “Wighty” play through the middle, a position that he thinks is most natural to him.
“I can play wide but through the middle is my most natural position,” he said.
“I grew up playing through the middle at the younger age groups and feel comfortable there.
“Playing with Marcus (Haber) helped as well as he is a big presence and it’s good for me to play off someone like that.”
The young striker also thinks they have given themselves a platform to work from and must continue the good work against Motherwell this weekend.
The ’ Well also gained a moraleboosting win against Ross County and Craig knows the Dee will have to keep up the hard work if they are to get a result.
“After the result l ast week, the confidence is high in the camp but Motherwell had a good result at the weekend, too.
“We are looking to build on that win and are confident we can get all three points.
“It hasn’t been great for the fans so far this season, so we want to put a performance on for them, too. “It should be a good game.” Dundee are still looking for their first home win of the season in the league but this fact isn’t entering the players thoughts.
“Once we get the first win at Dens, we