Former Terror has been impressed by the Lions

He added: “It’s not a good time to be off form and it’s already going to be hard for them to catch St Mirren because Jack Ross has them very well organised. I don’t see them losing too many during the run-in.

“I did watch United’s cup-tie up at Aberdeen and while I didn’t think Aberdeen were ever going to lose, United did fight hard and they were able to take some encouragement.

“Now they have to build on that and get back to winning their games in the league.”

As a manager himself, Gary knows Laszlo has a big part to play in putting things right but so do the players.

“It’s about each player going out and making sure they win their battles, make sure they have a better game than the man they’re up against.

“If enough do that, then collectively things will come together and they’ll be winning again.”

That’s a message Gary hammers home to his own players down at Central Park.

In November he accepted one of the hardest jobs going when he took over the reins at League Two basement boys Cowdenbeath. While the Blue Brazil remain rooted to the foot of the table, and are likely to face and end-of-season play-off, he’s optimistic about the future.

“I’ve seen progress over the past couple of months or so and people tell me we are playing much better football now.

“We have run all the top clubs in the division very close but we haven’t turned performances into victories.”