Yogi’s high benchmark

Utd youngster could be handed a place in final

movement and what he wants from his strikers and he’s kept things quite simple.

“If you have pace, he wants you spinning in behind defenders when it’s on and as long as you time it right your team-mates will find you.”

His boss has confirmed the youth international in his thoughts for tomorrow and has not ruled out giving him his first start at top-team level.

Coote’s not getting carried away by that and insists, as well as he’s been doing over the past few months, bad breaks for others have proved lucky for him.

“There’s a lot of injuries at the moment and they are in areas where I can play.

“I’m not saying it’s a good thing boys are injured because it’s not but, if it means I am getting game time, then I’m happy.

“It’s good to think I might be involved in a final. I’ve got tickets for my family and some of them will be coming through to see the game.

“A few months ago, they wouldn’t have been thinking about going but now they’ll be there.”

Like everyone at Tannadice, he dismisses talk with promotion the top priority, this final does not matter.

“Any cup final, no matter what it is, you want to win it and we are not different. The boys are confident because anything can happen in a final.

“We’ll do our best and we know if we play the way we can, we have a very good chance of winning.” RAITH boss John Hughes admits his players set a high benchmark with their win over Dundee United last Saturday — now he wants them to achieve a similar standard of performance on a consistent basis, starting tomorrow at home to Queen of the South.

Rovers secured a priceless three Championship points against the Tangerines in a 2-1 victory with the result and performance a welcome boost after their previous match.

The manager said: “It was a good result against United. Once again, there was a contrast i n t he performance from one week to another and that is

John Hughes something we need to put right. “But they’ve set t he benchmark and we’ve been good at home, so, hopefully, we can take that form and result from last week — and the confidence and momentum it gives us — into tomorrow’s match.”