Dundee had made an ultra positive start against Queens, with Freddie Daquin at the heart of their attempts to establish an early lead. The Frenchman went close with a volley from the edge of the area then turned provider for Giorgos Efrem with a smart cutback. Efrem left Lee Robinson rooted to the spot as he turned the ball goalwards at pace, but it cannoned back off the inside of the upright and, when the Cypriot winger sought to net the rebound, his powerful drive hit Antoine-Curier and flew to safety. Unfortunately, neither Daquin nor the Dark Blues could sustain that level of performance and as both faded QoS started to find their way. The visitors looked unfortunate to be denied a penalty when David Cowan seemed to block a Stephen Dobbie shot with his hands. But they struck with three minutes of the first-half remaining when Barry Wilson was able to meet, unchallenged, a high hanging Paul Burns cross to direct a volley across Rab Douglas and in at the far post. Dundee levelled on 54 minutes thanks to a superb strike from Antoine-Curier who had three defenders in close attendance as he received the ball on the 18 yard line. However, he patiently worked enough of an opening to let loose a powerful shot that Robinson got a hand to but couldn’t keep out. Nine minutes later, though, the home side conceded another soft goal—Dobbie being allowed to burst in from their left flank and somehow drill the ball into the far corner from an unlikely angle. Another quality finish from Antoine-Curier on 68 minutes, surging into the box, drawing Robinson and slotting the ball away, hauled the home side back into things. With 15 minutes left, Dundee got caught out again by more weak defending. Douglas pulled off a terrific save, turning a netbound long-range Dobbie volley over the bar, although from the resulting Ryan McCann corner Martyn Lancaster rose almost unchallenged to power in a header that Douglas touched onto the post but couldn’t keep out.Attendance—3757
Dundee—Douglas, Paton, Malone, McHale, Mackenzie (Benedictus 67), Cowan, Shinnie, Daquin (Gilhaney 85), McMenamin, Antoine-Curier, Efrem. Subs not used—Williams, Deasley, Roy.
Referee—John Mckendrick.
A very poor result for our promotion push, we missed Colin Cameron a lot. But overall we played well. But we lost silly soft goals, we must now win every game now to have any chance.
