Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
With being in says Dicker
“All we’re thinking about is Dumbarton tomorrow. That’s the more important game because it’s the one up next. Until it’s out of the way nothing else matters.”
And although he was missing when the Tangerines suffered a shock defeat at the Sons back in August, he knows the memory of that game means full attention will have to be paid to this clash.
“I was out with my early-season injury that day,” he explained.
“I was still recovering and wasn’t even there but it wasn’t great by all accounts.
“There are games where you maybe play and deserve something out of them and get nothing but, from what the guys told me, that was a game where we got what we deserved.
“The positive from it was everyone learned quickly and we have improved a lot since then.
“It’s places like this we need to go to and games like last Saturday against St Mirren that we have to be able to battle to victories.
“That’s what we’ve been doing well since the last time at Dumbarton.
“This is a game where we need to be strong at the back and shut up shop for 90 minutes.
“If we can do that and give the boys up front the service they need, I’m sure they’ll do what they’re paid to do and get the goals to win. But we know it won’t be easy, no Championship games are.”