The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Dens keeper in call for a Dons double
Goalkeeper Adam Legzdins has called on Dundee to turn their festive frowns upside-down.
The Dark Blues find themselves second-bottom of the Premiership after four straight defeats but have the chance to make themselves a cheery Boxing Day when they head north to play Aberdeen.
The Dons had been Dundee’s bogey side until this season, winning 13 meetings on the bounce.
However, their last meeting saw the Dark Blues celebrate their first Premiership win of the campaign, deservedly seeing off Stephen Glass’s side 2-1 at Dens.
That win also came after four straight defeats.
“I hope it is a good omen,” said goalie Legzdins.
“Two results, Hibs and Hearts, Saturday and Tuesday, were results that were close and on another night could have been completely different.
“It is disappointing with the results but we need to take encouragement from the performances.
“I could have been sitting here with two clean sheets and what could have been more invaluable points.”
The nature of the goals conceded in those two matches have irked the Dens keeper.
The only goal of the game at Easter Road came from a Paul Mcmullan own-goal and Hearts’ winner at Dens last weekend was a scrappy one.
Luck hasn’t been on Dundee’s side of late but Legzdins insists heads won’t drop.
“I thought I should have had two clean sheets,” he said. “They were definitely avoidable from my point of view.
“Paul has tracked back and there is the own-goal and Liam Fontaine has tried to block a shot and it has hit the post and came straight back to their player.
“It is frustrating but you can’t let these sort of things get you down. You need to keep going.”
Though Dundee fell into second-bottom after Ross County’s 2-1 win at St Johnstone last night, they remain within touching distance of the sides above them.
Victory over the Dons in October sparked a run during which they picked up 13 points from a possible 21 – the vast majority of their current total of 16.
And that’s something the playing squad should remember ahead of their trip to Pittodrie, reckons the Dens goalkeeper.
“It is so tight down there,” he added.
“We have beaten teams above us, teams like Motherwell and we beat Aberdeen not so long ago so there is nothing to fear going into these games.
“Results have been disappointing. There is no getting away from that.
“That was a good result against them last time when we needed to get a result.
“We all came together as players, staff and as a team and we got a result when we needed it and we will be looking for something similar on Sunday.
“We have to work on things the manager wants us to do and look to improve on certain things.
“If we do that then it is a winnable game for us.”