Should Dundee fans be worried about top-flight status?
[BBC] After their weekend defeat to Celtic, Dundee head coach Steven Pressley spoke of the "bravery" his side will need to keep showing during their final six league games, fixtures he admitted "are going to challenge us greatly". The Dark Blues go into their last half-dozen matches precariously placed in eighth in the table - just two points above Aberdeen and St Mirren, and five above Kilmarnock, who are the current occupants of the dreaded relegation play-off place. They go to Killie on Saturday in an encounter that could go a long way to securing their top-flight status should they win it, but will leave them very much in the mire should they lose.
How worried should the Dundee fans be, though? With just two wins from their last 10 league games, things may appear perilous, but that doesn't tell the whole story. Pressley's side have had some really tough games in that sequence, tackling trips to Rangers, St Mirren, Falkirk, Aberdeen and Hearts, as well as home dates with Livingston, Hibernian, Motherwell, Dundee United and Celtic.
While they have won just two of those games, they have also only lost four and, barring the trip to Ibrox, those defeats have been by a single goal. So while you can certainly make a case for it not all being doom and gloom, it is all about getting points on the board, and for all the praise they have rightly been getting for an eye-catching way of playing, Pressley knows there is still work to do. If they keep playing the way they have been, then you get the feeling all will be well.
That feeling would certainly be strengthened if they can muster a win at Killie this weekend.