Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Dillo hopes to be fighting fit for play-offs
INJURED skipper Sean Dillon is backing his Dundee United team-mates to do him and them a massive favour by clinching second spot in the Championship over the final three games of the regular season.
For the defender, it would mean an extra 10 days to recover from the damaged ankle ligaments that have forced him out of the last seven games before the promotion play-offs kick-off.
And for the team as a whole it would mean two fewer matches on the route back to the Premiership after just a single season away.
Taking his own situation first, while the Tangerines’ focus this weekend is tomorrow’s home clash with St Mirren, his aim is to be back running for the first time since he got injured down at the Buddies in the middle of last month.
If he can, it will mark the first ray of light in an otherwise frustrating few weeks.
“I certainly hope to be running in the next couple of days,” said Dillon.
“There’s been a delay with it, though, when I say that, it’s probably because I was being more hopeful than realistic about how quickly I could get back.
“I was being overly positive, thinking I could be running again in two or three weeks and, to be fair to Geoff our physio, he said it would be four to six weeks before I was at that stage.
“After a month we did try a little bit of light stuff which didn’t go to plan and wasn’t as good as we were hoping.
“It’s now five weeks, we’ve looked at it again and had an X-ray to make sure there’s nothing we missed.
“I’ve also had an injection to settle it down and that should happen in a couple of days.
“So I could be running by Sunday and that will be a big step, but I’m not setting a specific target for playing any more.
“I’ve been aiming for this game or that and it hasn’t happened, so I’m just seeing how I feel every day.
“But, if the boys can clinch second,