We deserved praise from Hibees draw

SCOTT Fraser will be eyeing joint top of the Championship when he runs out for Dundee United against Hibs on Friday night in the second tier’s game of the weekend.

He and his team-mates will also be attempting to extend the Tangerines’ impressive recent unbeaten run to 10 games.

And last, but not least, the 21-yearold wants to show that, contrary to reports, United’s 1-1 draw at the Hibees early last month was not the fluke some made it out to be.

Because it would be fair to say Fraser feels claims the Easter Road men were extremely unlucky not to take all three points that day were harsh on United — and it still irks him.

That Sunday lunchtime clash on October 2 saw Hibs lead through a first-half goal from James Keatings but United fought back to earn a share of the spoils via William Edjenguele’s first goal for the club.

And Fraser, for one, believes it was a point his team were well worth.

“I saw a lot of people after the game down there not quite slating us but they were saying Hibs looked a lot better and should have won,” he said.

“I have to say I thought that was a bit harsh. Hibs did have a lot of the ball, I’m not denying that, but they didn’t do much with it.

“Their possession was in front of us and, for most of the game, we felt at ease defensively.

“They got a goal but, apart from that, I didn’t see us in much trouble at the back and we definitely deserved the draw because we defended well.”

And he even goes so far as to argue that, had he and his fellow attackers shown just a bit more composure, the three points might have been heading back to Tayside.

“Where we didn’t do as well as we’d have liked was when we were on the counter attack.

“We had a few good situations but we didn’t make the most of them.

“If we had, we might have got two or three that day. But defensively there wasn’t much wrong with our performance and we deserved our point.”