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What a win. What a goal to win it at the death. What a celebration from the near on 1000 strong travelling Dundee army. What a post-match interview from Derek Adams.

There is no way I can sit here and write this week's article without dedicating it to a gentleman who's rattle was firmly flung out of the the pram at the end of the 97 minutes of Saturday's fine 1-0 victory for Dundee away to Ross County.

Not only did he demand that our manager should be saying that County were the better team, he was also flinging his own team, fans and owners under the bus with quite frankly, some outlandish comments.

We know that the standard can sometimes be rotten up here. But is it the same of any other league in any other country? Of course it is.

How many times do we sit down to watch a top of the table clash in what is supposedly the "greatest league in the world," only to be met with a drab 0-0 with next to no action? I'll tell ya. Plenty of times.

What we lack in all the glitz and the glamour of more appealing leagues, we certainly makeup for it with passion.

Just look at our celebrations when the winner went in. Show me many other leagues in the world that will celebrate like we did.

Now some will say it was excessive. It was over-the-top for a County vs Dundee tie. But I don't buy that at all. Absolute limbs.

So, getting back to those Derek Adams' comments before I finish up here.

Unfortunately your views on the whole of Scottish football are very much widely off the mark.

This is our game. The Scottish game.

We know that it isn't pretty. It could be a chore sometimes to watch when results aren't going your way.

But moments like Saturday, that's what we pay our money to watch our clubs for. It's unmatched. Nothing comes close.

Give me Scottish fitba over any other of these imposters any day of the week.

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Tony Docherty has been a brilliant assistant manager all of his career before choosing to step out on his own and take up the Dens Park hot seat this summer.

Undoubtedly, he's shown this season that he's more than capable of being a manager in his own right.

He's assembled a really good squad at Dens Park, so much so that we're now at the point that it's not a shock when Dundee go and pull off a result.

When they win a game - no matter who the opposition is - it doesn't really come as a surprise.

I think it's safe to say at this point that this side is unlikely to be involved in a relegation battle. One thing's for sure though, Docherty won't be telling his players that.

He's done a fantastic job so far, and those fans who are singing his praises just now will be hoping that continues right until the end of the season.

James McFadden was speaking to BBC Scotland's Sean McGill

• Dundee have scored in their last six games in the Scottish Premiership, their longest scoring streak this season.

• Ross County have failed to score in nine of their 17 games, only Livingston (10) have failed to score more often in the Scottish Premiership this season.

• Dundee have kept a clean sheet in seven of their 16 games, only Rangers (10) and Hearts (eight) have done this more often in the Scottish Premiership this season.

• Simon Murray attempted four shots in this game, the joint-highest total for a Ross County player in the Scottish Premiership this season.

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Who doesn't love a late winner? Here's what you had to say after Dundee snatched all three points at the death against Ross County...

Doug: Finally, a last-gasp goal that goes our way; hurrah! After the disappointment of conceding very late goals to gift draws to St Johnstone and Motherwell, it just goes to show that things sometimes have a habit of levelling themselves out over the course of a season. A bit of a smash and grab job, but who’s complaining (outwith Dingwall).

Bill: Consistency is what is required from a team still finding its place in the Premiership. Some great players who are still have not reached their peak.

Boab: Absolutely brilliant result and backed by 1000 Dees.

Anon: Cheer up Derek Adams, embarrassing to say you were the better team.

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Dundee manager Tony Docherty tells BBC Scotland: "It's always brilliant to get a last minute winner. We've been victim of that a few times this season - Motherwell game, St Johnstone earlier in the season.

"I tell the players it's important that we're consistent because we'll recover those players, that's what happened today.

"I do think we should have won, we were on the front foot. I was pleased coming in at 0-0 because of the conditions and the wind. We said to take the game to them second half and we got our just rewards.

"Our levels of performance have been high and if we maintain that, the results will follow. I couldn't be more pleased for the players, they're a really hard working group with a great mentality - they always go to the death."

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A rare away win, Dundee fans! Are you happy to have made the journey up to Dingwall?!

How well is Tony Docherty doing in his first job? Are Dundee safe yet?

Let us know your thoughts here.

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Owen Beck. The on-loan Liverpool left-back has impressed in his short spell and continued to make an impact today.

He was the man who spearheaded the late Dundee attack, forcing a corner and winning the free-kick that resulted in the winner.

A word for Luke McCowan. So dangerous in attack. On another day he'd have at least set one up.

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That's not the first time that Dundee have picked up a late point - or three.

They looked unlikely to win as the game drifted towards its conclusion before Owen Beck's mazy run and shot instilled some belief that this game was not over.

It was the on-loan left-back who won the free-kick that McCowan would whip off the post before Shaughnessy's game-winning deflection.

Dundee are only ten points clear of Livingston, and there is a long way to go, but there is a feeling that Tony Docherty's side are probably safe this year.

Ross County: Laidlaw, Brown, Nightingale, Baldwin, Leak, Purrington, Allardice, Randall, Dhanda, Murray, White.

Substitutes: Munro, Turner, Sims, Sheaf, Loturi, Harmon, Henderson, Samuel, Brophy.

Dundee: Carson, McGhee, Shaughnessy, Lamie, Donnelly, Cameron, Boateng, McCowan, Beck, Bakayoko, Robinson.

Substitutes: Legzdins, Kerr, Tiffoney, Mulligan, Reilly, Robertson, Rudden, Howley, Sylla.

Ross County have full-back Will Nightingale back from suspension while striker Eamonn Brophy and midfielder Jay Henderson have trained all week following injuries.

But defender Dylan Smith is out after suffering an ankle injury against St Mirren last weekend, while Ross Callachan and Ben Paton are long-term absentees.

Dundee face being without Antonio Portales for around three months after the defender picked up a hamstring injury, while winger Marcel Lewis is also out for the trip to Dingwall.

Owen Beck is doubtful with the groin injury that kept the on-loan Liverpool left-back out of last weekend's defeat by Rangers, while Diego Pineda remains sidelined.

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