Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
United fancy at Dens Park
helps. When you are on the ball and the people around you are in their natural positions, they make runs quicker and they’re easier to find.
“I know that myself from playing out wide in the past.
“It takes you that split second longer to react to situation because it’s not the position you feel most at home in.”
As a local boy with mates wanting him to win and others desperate to see him lose, that previous derby experience has taught him to keep his head down in the days running up to these big games.
“I have pals on both side of it and hopefully I can get a bit of revenge on some of them this time out.
“This week I’ve just locked myself away and only spoke to my family and my closest friends.
“I won’t let anybody get to me, I’m just focusing on the game.
“My mates who support United are always asking me how I am, making sure I’m right up for it and Dundee fans I know are asking if we have injuries and things.
“I don’t like to ignore people, but I do and I think they realise it’s my job and I can’t be speaking about things that should stay in-house or let myself get distracted by the banter.
“Hopefully by Sunday night we’ll have the bragging rights again and there will be a few of my mates I’ll be more than happy to speak to.”