Queen of the South 4 Dundee 3, Palmerston Park, SPFL Championship, 10-Aug-13

Dundee started well and it was no surprise when after good play a neat knock down from Davidson to Peter McDonald and the striker curled the ball home to open the scoring. With just eight minutes on the clock it looked like it was going to be a piece of cake for the Dark Blues. But as the half progressed it was the hosts that looked more likely as they made the Dundee defence look uneasy at the back. Letheren in the Dundee goals had to make a couple of saves to keep our lead intact. But with a minute before the break Lyle levelled things when he headed home with Davidson just failing to clear his header off the line. A very bad goal to lose the defence has been all over the place with the midfield looking a bit off the pace.

Second half and things did not start well with Queens looking dangerous every time they went forward, they took the lead when the ref gave a penalty after a foul in the box and McGuffie scored with ease. Worse was to follow as it was soon 3-1 when a great break away and Russell finished well after a Lyle knock down. Minutes later and Paton made it 4-1 when he broke into the box to score with a well placed shot. In between the goals Dee keeper Letheren made a couple of decent saves.

Manager Brown sent on Dorris for Monti and Boyle for Lockwood to try and get back into the game, in a late rally Gallagher headed home from a corner and with three minutes to go Antell made a mess of a cross under pressure from Davidson to make it 4-3. Dundee tried to force a draw but time ran out.

Let's not be fooled by the result Queen of the South fully deserved to win the game and it could have been 5 or 6. The defence were all over the place and the midfield looked over loaded, and with no wingers Dundee really struggled to get into the game. Lessons must be learnt before Saturday's game against Alloa at Dens.

Dundee: Letheren, Lockwood (Boyle (66), Davidson, McBride, MacDonald, Rae, Conroy, Monti (Doris (63), Benedictus, Gallagher, McAlister.  Subs Not Used: Kerr, Dyer, Reid, Wighton.