Dundee's recent form at Dens Park has been very poor this season and again the home side struggled to find any kind of form. They were dealt a blow when is was revealed that striker Peter MacDonald would miss the game with a ankle injury. Manager John Brown started with Wighton and Boyle upfront. Letheren returned to play in goals, but no starting place for Adam Cummings in the Dundee defence.
Livi started the better and took the game to Dundee they looked very well organised and it might prove hard for Dundee to break them down. It was no surprise when the visitors took the lead slack marking in the box and up popped ex-dee Mark Burchill to head home from around 7 yards. A shocking goal to lose. Dundee went on to have a lot of the ball but failed to create clear cut chances. The only one fell to Ryan Conroy who could only poorly shoot his effort against the keeper when in a goal scoring area.
Second half and we were not much better too slow from midfield and with strikers struggling the manager put on Monti and McIntosh to try to gee things up. They put effort in but the bottom line is they struggle to break teams down at Dens. I think we need a forward attacking midfielder and a attacking winger, both must have pace as we are lacking that at the moment. We also need a striker to cover the injury to Craig Beattie and also take the pressure off the young strikers we have at the club.
Dundee: Letheren, Irvine, Gallagher, Davidson, Lockwood, Rae, McBride, Conroy, McAlister, Boyle, Wighton. Subs; Twardzik (gk), Dyer, McIntosh, Monti, Benedictus, Cummins, Kerr
Att: 4,367
Referee: S. McLean
