We Dun all we could in drop battle
DELIGHTED Mark McGhee praised his Dundee players for piling pressure on the shoulders of relegation rivals St Johnstone.
The Dark Blues recorded a long -overdue win as they cut the gap on Saints to three points.
Dundee could still be relegated tonight if St Johnstone pick up a point against Aberdeen but McGhee was over the moon that his team did all they could.
The Dens gaffer said: “It gives them a lot to think about. Not only that but we can look at this result and think we have a chance at the weekend of winning as well.
“If we lost tonight then it’s all over but it wouldn’t have given us as much hope going into Sunday.
“But now, you look at it and think the chances are that we might get a result on Sunday.
“They’ll feel that pressure as well but I don’t expect St Johnstone to take zero points from their final two games.”
McGhee admitted he won’t bother taking in the Saints game and his sole focus will be Dundee’s youth game today.
He said: “Will I be at St Johnstone? No. We’ve got a youth game here in the afternoon, so I’ll watch that and then I’ll just relax.”
It was McGhee’s first win at the 13th attempt and he always felt a result like this was coming.
He said: “I’ve been talking about this incremental improvement and then we had the disaster at the weekend. I did say we felt as if the spirit was there.
“I don’t think they played with more freedom. We just got the right moments in the game.”
Meanwhile, Hibs caretaker David Gray insisted his team haven’t thrown the towel in – but they are running on empty.
The club appear to be winding down for the season as they await their new manager appointment.
Gray said: “We lacked quality. Taking responsibility is something we need to get better at times.
“It would be easy to use that (the managerial situation) as an excuse.
“Saying the season is finishing now or whatever. That’s never the case. It’s professional football, you get paid to play and perform.
“I don’t think it’s a case of not trying. We’re a little thin at the moment and limited.”