McCann convinced fortunes will turn

Dundee boss Neil McCann is convinced it is only a matter of time before his players start receiving their rightful rewards in terms of the wins and points their play deserves.

The Dark Blues are still trying to work out how they managed to lose at Partick Thistle on Saturday despite taking the lead and creating a whole host of chances.

They also saw an A-Jay Leitch-Smith penalty saved before the Jags equalised and then snatched a late winner.

However, McCann insists he will not change the way he wants his side to play and they will continue to go for the jugular when they face high-flying Motherwell at Dens tomorrow night.

When asked if he felt it was only a matter of time before Dundee gave someone a doing, the manager said: “It is but no one is going to come to you and say, ‘There you go’.

“We have to make it happen but I am confident because we are creating so many chances.

“When I took over last season, I said this was a team that had to stop losing games and in order to do that we almost sacrificed a wee bit of our going forward.

“I said I would try to change that, to being a team which was really on the offensive when we had the ball.

“At times this year we have conceded goals but we have created so many chances.

“Looking at it from Saturday, we could have just sat in and attempted to take a point but I am trying to change the mindset of this club to not accept that a point is OK against Partick Thistle when we have totally dominated the match.

“I can’t suddenly turn around and say, ‘Hold on a minute, Where are you going?’ when we are trying to go for the winner.

“We will talk individually about how we could have stopped their goals but overall I am convinced it will turn.”