Dundee 2
Partick Thistle 1
Scottish Cup (3rd Round)

Manager's Programme Notes

The last two weeks couldn't have produced two more contrasting performances.

Against Airdrie our last match at Dens Park, not one part of our game was up to standard. Fortunately, we managed to put all that behind us with an excellent all round performance at Kilbowie last Saturday. Just when questions were being asked about us after the poor showing in the match with Airdrie, the boys responded magnificently against Clydebank. It is a great honour for Morten Wieghorst and the club that he was playing for Denmark in the recent Inter-Continental Cup which is country won and his return at Clydebank brought with us the added quality in terms of passing and creativity which were almost non-existent against Airdrie.

Today we have a break from the pressure of trying to win league points with the visit of Partick Thistle in the Scottish Cup.

This week the number of recent transfers between the two clubs has been well documented, but the discussion is over now and it is down to business.

It is bound to be a competitive and close game. Cup football rarely produces games laced with silky soccer and the team that comes out on top is usually the one which wants to win most.

Therefore, I am looking for the lads to produce a performance of total commitment because that is what we will need if we are to get the result we all want.