Do Dark Blues have quality to pull off a great escape?

Mark McGhee and Simon Rusk are only contracted to the end of the season and are yet to win a game in charge.

There are four games to change that – engineer a great escape and surely the job is theirs for next season.

Or maybe they have impressed enough behind the scenes to get the nod.

That would not be a popular choice among the supporters, however.

With relations strained already this season, keeping fans onside while the club tries to sell season tickets could be a simple PR move for the American owners.

Who else is out there, though?

Jack Ross’s name always pops up in these scenarios but would he want to drop back into Championship football?

Would Kevin Thomson step away from the good thing he’s got at Kelty to come into a club on a downer after relegation?

Then there’s skipper Charlie Adam. Contract running down, looking to move into coaching and already a leader at the club.

He’d no doubt be in contention but whether Dundee could go for another untested young manager is yet another question only Nelms can answer.

Right now?

That’s for summer thinking, however. Right now, the Dark Blues have to find a way to get three points on the road at Aberdeen.

The Dons are on a woeful run of form themselves, winning just one league game since they defeated a Covid-ravaged Dundee side on Boxing Day.

The pressure is on Jim Goodwin and his side already at an unhappy Pittodrie.

Dundee have a chance still to win there and begin one last survival salvo – but do they have the quality to take it?

Owner Tim Keyes and John Nelms watched Dundee draw with Saints.