Bottom, but Fox expects United to bounce back
Dundee United crashed to the bottom of the Premiership but manager Liam Fox insists they will bounce back after the World Cup break.
The Tannadice team find themselves three points adrift of secondbottom Kilmarnock just days after thumping Derek Mcinnes’ side.
Of course, that was at home, but it’s a dismal three points and no wins from their eight league games on the road this season.
That, and the dreadful start to the campaign that saw Jack Ross sacked after a handful of matches, means the first half of the season has been forgettable, to say the least.
Despite that Fox believes the hiatus for the World Cup has come at the right time for the club to re-set after limiting the Dons to just a single goal win.
He said: “We’re sitting bottom at the moment but there’s a long way to go.
“Points are important – I’m not hiding from that – but I am seeing progress and we’ll get there.
“I’m not daft and I understand we are here for points.
“I know the supporters will be disappointed going down the road with no points.
“Nowhere near as disappointed as us but I felt there were a lot of positives in the performance, a lot of good things.
“I do believe that if we keep performing to that level and that standard, then we’ll pick up points on a far more regular basis.
“It’s a unique situation now with the World Cup but we’ve got a prolonged period on the training pitch which I’m looking forward to.”
Refreshingly there were no VAR hold ups in the play and no complaints from Fox about the decisive moment when Dundee United were undone.
Any team coming to Pittodrie knows not to leave themselves vulnerable to a counterattack but the visitors didn’t seem to get the message.
Glenn Middleton surrendered possession cheaply and, within seconds, Mark Birighitti was tripping Duk to concede a penalty at the other end.
Bojan Miovski did the rest and United only rarely looked like recovering, but Fox was philosophical about the award.
He said: “I’ve only seen it in real time but I thought he was going to get there. But that lad (Duk) is quick and he got a touch to the ball.
“There are no complaints from me over the penalty.
“I’m really pleased with the second half and I think we pushed Aberdeen and they are third in the table for a reason.”