Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Everything is in for a successful
CHRISTOPHE Berra insists everything is in place at Dens Park for Dundee to be successful this season.
The Scotland international has been a major influence on the Dark Blues’ form resurgence since arriving on loan from Hearts in January.
Since signing, Dundee have only conceded one goal in a six-match unbeaten spell that has revived their hopes of earning the coveted second-place in the Championship.
With tomorrow’s opponents Dunfermline in the mix for the three play-off spots, however, Berra knows how big a game it is.
He told the Tele: “The boys are growing i n confidence, we’re getting used to the formation and we are playing the way we want to play.
“There are really good players here, it’s a good set of lads – everything is here to be successful.
“We want to make the play-offs, ideally second, but I think it will go right down to the wire.
“There are four or five teams all vying to get into the play-offs.
“Dunfermline aren’t that far behind and teams will take points off each other.
“You can’t take your foot off the gas until the end of the season.
“The league is so tight. Dunfermline drew on Tuesday and I heard they were worthy winners the last time the two sides met at East End Park.
“We are well aware and it shows, if you don’t turn up, you don’t get results.
“We’ll certainly need to be on our game to get anything tomorrow.
“We’re not getting carried away, there are nine games to go and a lot of points to be played for.”
It’s been 514 minutes since Dundee last conceded – that 26th-minute strike from Morton’s Jim McAlister.
As a defender, Berra is delighted to see so many clean sheets but insists it’s a team effort.
“We’ve got five clean sheets in a row and it would have been six had we not conceded from a deflected free-kick against Morton,” he added.
“That was unfortunate but, at this time of the season, it doesn’t really matter as long as we win.
“The game against Alloa last week we could have scored four or five and against Ayr we managed to get the goals on Tuesday.
“We had a tough game against them last weekend where the pitch wasn’t great and it was windy but there was a lot more quality on Tuesday.
“We’ve played three at the back but our defending starts from the