St Johnstone 1, Dundee 0, McDiarmid Stadium, Ladbrokes Premiership, 25-August-18

Dundee Manager Neil McCann made four changes Steven Caulker, Glen Kamara, Paul McGowan and Benjamin Kallman replacing Genseric Kusunga, Lewis Spence and Craig Wighton. 

Reports and highlights I've seen and read say that Dundee played some neat football without having too many clear cut chances in the first half. Kallman had a decent effort which went wrong side of the post. The Perth Saints did force Jack Hamilton into a few saves when they broke with pace. 

Early into the second half and St Johnstone took the lead when Dundee lost the ball in midfield and Tony Watt was sent clear to score. Dundee tried to get back into the game but failed, the only real chance was near the end a header from Moussa which was too close to the keeper. 

Sadly time ran out for the Dark Blues and that's three defeat in the league now, we need to pick ourselves up for the vital game at home to Motherwell next Saturday. 

Dundee: Hamilton, Curran, Meekings (c), Caulker, Ralph, Madianga (Moussa 81), Kamara, McGowan, Mendy (Ngwatala 61), Nabi (Wighton 86), Källman. Unused Subs: Parish, Kerr, Jefferies, Spence.

Att: 4,259.

Ref: Steven McLean 

Ayr Photos...

Dundee 0, Ayr United 3, Dens park, Betfred Cup, 18-August-18

Dundee crashed out of the Betfred Cup on Saturday losing 3-0 to Ayr United. In what was a very poor performance it was so disappointing that Dundee's terrible cup runs continue. Make no mistake about this result Ayr fully deserve this win.

Dundee made two changes Craig Wighton and Adil Nabi replacing Sofien Moussa and Paul McGowan. Ayr started the game well and attacked Dundee from the start, Dundee did attack but more on a break away efforts. It was only a Wighton shot and the Ayr keeper done well to save from Nabi and Mendy. Jack Hamilton was more the busy keeper and Shankland looks dangerous and will need watched in the second half.

At the start of the second half and Benjamin Kallman came on for his debut replacing Craig Wighton. Jesse Curran had a good shot which was just wide, but on 51 minutes Ayr took the lead a simple ball over the top and Shankland pounced to smash the ball past Hamilton to break the deadlock in this cup tie.

Soon after Sofien Moussa came on for Adil Nabi and was booked straight away, it did look soft. But sadly after being warned of another foul, the striker was then booked again and send off to make Dundee's comeback much harder. 

Dundee fell out of the game and Ayr scored twice in the final 10 minutes to seal a 3-0 win. Shankland and Moffat got the goals both simple tap in's with the Dundee defence in tatters. To complete a bad day for the dee Genseric Kungsunga was given a straight red for a wild tackle.

Dundee: Hamilton,Curran, Kusunga, Meekings (c), Ralph, Spence (Kamara 78), Madianga, Ngwatala,  Nabi, Wighton (Källman (46), Mendy (Moussa 62). Unused Subs: Parish, Kerr, Caulker, Lambert.

Ref: John Beaton

Att: 3,151

Dundee need to get back on track and quickly, next two games away to St Johnstone and the following week home to Motherwell will test Dundee and I hope we can get 4 points. If we can't then it will be a hard long season ahead.

Dundee Sign Striker Benajimin Kallman

Dundee have signed Finland International Benjamin Kallman on a year loan with the club having a option to buy at the end of the year loan deal. 

20 year old Benjamin has scored 8 goals in 20 appearances this season and comes highly rated with a host of clubs after the young striker. 

He has been a regular with the Finland U21's and made his full debut for Finland in a game against Jordan in a game that Glen Kamara also featured.

Benjamin will be in the squad for the game tomorrow against Ayr United at Dens in the Betfred Cup.

Dundee 0, Aberdeen 1, Dens Park, Ladbrokes Premiership, 11-August-18

Dundee lost 1-0 to struggling Aberdeen at Dens on Saturday, going by reports they held their own for most of the game and had a few chances. Team wise Genseric Kusunga and Nathan Ralph came in for Steven Caulker and Cammy Kerr who were on the bench 

Aberdeen had a lot of corners but failed to test Hamilton in the Dundee goal. Likewise Dundee failed to work the Aberdeen keeper. Nabi made his debut and done well going by the fans on social media.

The Dons got the winner from the penalty spot when Kusunga was adjudged to handle following a corner. McKay-Steven scored for the spot to earn the Dons all three points.

Pretty hard on Dundee going by the highlights I've seen. We really need a goal scorer and hopefully we can get one before the end of the Month when the transfer window shuts.

Dundee: Hamilton, Curran, Kusunga, Meekings (c), Ralph (Kerr 66), Spence (Nabi (46), Madianga, Ngwatala, McGowan,Moussa, Mendy (Wighton 70). Unused Subs: Parish, Caulker, Moore, Henvey. 

Att: 7,581

Ref: Bobby Madden.

News Round Up

Dundee have added full back Grant Rodger, Central defender Sam Fisher and Striker Michael Cunningham to their Under 18 team. The youngsters played last week in the opening game at St Mirren losing 3-2.

Striker Cliff Bironda has today joined Jimmy Boyle’s reserve squad, subject to international clearance. 19 year old Cliff has impressed over the last few weeks on trial with the club in training and also in a bounce game last week. The French striker has signed a 1 year deal with the club.


Central defender Tom Bradbury has signed a professional contract with Dundee, and subject to international clearance will be part of Jimmy Boyle’s reserve squad. As a youngster Tom was part of the MK Dons academy and most recently the 20 year old was with Banbury United down south.

St Mirren Photos....

St Mirren 2, Dundee 1, The Simple Digital Arena, Ladbrokes Premiership, 04-August-18

Dundee played their first league game of the season at The Simple Digital Arena home of St Mirren FC. Dundee made two changes Jack Hamilton and Sofien Moussa replacing Elliot Parish and Craig Wighton. 

Both teams attacked from the kick-off St Mirren forcing two early corners, Dundee had the first chance but Mendy's header was straight at the keeper. But it was St Mirren who scored first when Mullen headed home from a Paul McGinn cross. That was in 4 minutes and soon after Moussa missed a chance putting his shot wide of the target.

Dundee levelled the game on 12 minutes when Moussa challenged for a cross 18 yards from goal and although he couldn't win the ball he stopped the defence clearing. Elton Ngwatala pounced on the loose ball, hitting a sweet curling shot into the net which came off the far post. This gave Dundee a lift and they pushed forward  playing some nice football. But it was St Mirren who nearly went ahead just on half-time when a Mullen shot was well saved by Jack Hamilton.

Second half and Dundee started well and they missed a couple of good chances, then 10 minutes into a clever ball from McGowan played Mendy in and after he was brought down in the box. The referee pointed to the spot. Sofien Moussa stepped up but missed when Samson made a good save to deny the Dundee striker.

Dundee continued to make chances but failed to take them. St Mirren came back into the game and pushed Dundee back, but they never troubled he Dundee keeper. Then with 8 minutes to go a defencive mix up between Jack Hamilton and Cammy Kerr led to St Mirren scoring, and left Mullen had a easy tap in to seal the points for the home club. It was a blow for Dundee who looked comfy to at least a point. 

Dundee will feel they have blown a big chance today to get off to a winning start. Hopefully they will learn quickly, and avoid losing soft goals , and they must take their chance when they get them. Otherwise the team played well enough. 

Dundee: Hamilton, Curran, Caulker, Meekings (c), Kerr, Spence, Madianga, Ngwatala, McGowan (Wighton 86), Moussa, Mendy. Unused Subs: Parish,Ralph, Kusunga, Nabi, Henvey, Moore. 

 Att: 5,470 

 Ref: Alan Muir.