Sessions set up United for a ‘home run’

AFTER just one game there in a month, Dundee United fans are looking forward to their team running out at Tannadice tomorrow for the Championship visit of Morton.

For the players, it was a case of back home today as they completed their preparation for the match on the playing surface.

And winger Billy King has revealed that’s become a regular and, he believes, crucial part of the Tangerines’ game preparations.

With many full-time clubs having their own training centres these day, players often only see their own stadium on match days.

United boss Csaba Laszlo has changed that, however, and King feels it’s contributed to the team maintaining their impressive home record.

“When we have a home game, the gaffer always has our Friday training session on Tannadice,” he explained.

“I think it’s a good idea. Our training pitches in St Andrews are very good but, because it’s not used as much, the pitch at Tannadice is better.

“It’s good to get a feel of it and on a Friday you are doing set-pieces for the game the next day and other stuff like that, so it’s good to get the dimensions of the pitch back in your head.”

And King admits after three games in a row on the road against Falkirk, Dunfermline and then Alloa, in the Cup last week, it will be good to be back in front of the home support.

Fourteen Tannadice outings so far this term have resulted in just one league defeat — against Inverness — and one suffered by a young side in the Irn-Bru Cup against Northern Irish outfit Crusaders. King is keen to maintain what’s become a winning habit when hosting games.

“If you’re going to win promotion, you have to take care of home games and that’s what we’ve been doing.

“We enjoy playing there because it’s a big pitch that suits our passing game, so it will be good to be back when Morton come.”

Tomorrow will give stay-at-home