Furious McIntyre accuses his Dens flops of vanishing act
to our punters lately but that just wasn’t good enough.”
St Johnstone arrived at Dens Park buoyed by their Boxing Day win over St Mirren and were up and running after just 35 seconds.
Chris Kane fed the ball wide to Tanser. The full-back cut in before sending in a looping cross that caught home keeper Jack Hamilton by surprise and came back off the far post before eventually crossing the line.
The pressure from Tommy Wright’s side was relentless and only occasionally did Dundee venture out of their own half.
When they did in 25 minutes, Jesse Curran couldn’t get his shot away from eight yards.
Saints remained on top though, with midfielder Matthew Kennedy coming close with a half-volley 10 minutes before the interval.
Kennedy was making a habit of getting into dangerous positions and did so twice in quick succession early in the second half, only to fail to hit the target.
But they were ruthless just before the hour. Kennedy’s cross from a short corner caused havoc in the home defence, allowing Craig to bundle home from just a few yards. Saints could easily have added to their tally with Kennedy giving the home defence most problems.
Hamilton had to look lively to deny him and team-mates Kane and sub David McMillan before the end.
Dundee were abject and they were greeted with a chorus of boos from their own supporters on the final whistle.