Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Johnson – Our nightmare for
DA N N Y Joh n son says Dundee’s attacking line will be a “nightmare for defences” this season and has Aberdeen in his sights this Sunday.
The former Motherwell striker has made a fast start to life at Dens Park with three goals in his first three matches, including the winner on his debut against Inverness that booked passage to the knockout stages of the Betfred Cup.
The reward for that 1-0 home success was another tie at Dens with the Premiership Dons coming to town.
Despite beginning his Dark Blues career with a goal-a-game ratio so far, Johnson isn’t guaranteed a start this weekend.
New signing Kane Hemmings has joined Johnson at the club with an enviable goals record already at Dundee while Andrew Nelson replaced Johnson and nodded in the winner last weekend at home to Ayr in the league.
Johnson, though, says he’s revelling in the competition and hopes it brings the best out of the team.
He told the Tele: “We have three strikers capable of scoring goals which is great for the team.
“We have competition and, when you play, you’ve got to be scoring goals otherwise someone will take your place.
“Obviously I’ve come in and got my goals so I’m quite pleased I’ve managed to contribute like that.
“It looks like three strikers for two positions at the moment so it’s going to be good competition.
“If we are going to do well we can’t just rely on myself or one other striker.
“If you rely on one striker then