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St Johnstone hope to sign Aston Villa defender Kerr Smith on loan before Tuesday's visit to face Dundee. (Herald - subscription required), external
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Dundee may face new St Johnstone signing - gossippublished at 09:58 2 January 2024
What does 2023 Premiership table look like?published at 13:34 1 January 2024
Image source, SNSIt might not mean much in the grand scheme of things, but how did your club fare in the 2023 Premiership table?
The disparity in the number of matches played in the calendar year makes a difference, obviously - we're looking at you Rangers, Aberdeen and especially Dundee.
But it still gives a decent barometer of who had a decent year and who didn't fare quite so well.
Initial feeling is disappointment - Shaughnessypublished at 11:04 31 December 2023
Joe Shaughnessy says his side's disappointment at only snatching a draw at Rugby Park shows how far his side have come.
The skipper pulled off another late equaliser as Tony Docherty's side grabbed a point after Kilmarnock came from behind to lead in added time.
"I did it again," he said. "It was a brilliant ball in and it just landed right on my head perfectly.
"The referee said to me 'you’re not getting another corner after this'. Owen Beck has got a great delivery on him and I just got myself in the middle of the goal and it just landed perfectly.
"It just shows how far we've come. It's a hard place to come, it always is over the years, and we're going away with a draw away from home, which isn't really a bad result.
"We'll probably look back on it during the week and say it's a good point away from home, but the initial feeling afterwards was disappointment.
"You make sure you don't get beaten by the teams around you. You never know where it'll take you.
"I think we built up a good squad of players and everyone keeps fighting for each other. You keep fighting to the end - that's the mentality we have."
Adam poised for Fleetwood - gossippublished at 09:46 31 December 2023
Former Dundee midfielder Charlie Adam is being lined up to follow Celtic legend Scott Brown and ex-Hibernian boss Lee Johnson as manager of Fleetwood Town. (Scottish Sun)
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Dundee defeat would have been 'injustice' published at 18:34 30 December 2023
Media caption, Kilmarnock 2-2 Dundee: Have your saypublished at 18:08 30 December 2023
Image source, BBC Sport Well, that was eventful.
Did you soak in the late scenes at Rugby Park? Wherever you were, we want to hear your thoughts as Dundee snatched a late leveller.
Kilmarnock 2-2 Dundee: What the manager saidpublished at 18:03 30 December 2023
Image source, SNSDundee manager Tony Docherty told BBC Scotland: "What a fantastic game of football. I thought it was the proverbial game of two halves.
"You need to credit Kilmarnock, they've got a fantastic home record. Celtic and Rangers come here and can't win.
"I would have been devastated to lose that game. I think we put so much into it that it would have been an injustice.
"To lose the goal so late on and then to have the mentality we've shown all season - away to Kilmarnock, away to Ross County - you can't buy that. You can't coach that. That mentality comes from within.
"I'm glad they got their reward. Believe it or not, they're gutted in there with a point. That's what I want.
"There was a fantastic level of performance in the first half. I'm glad we stood our own. It could be a huge point at the end of the season."
Kilmarnock 2-2 Dundee: Analysis published at 17:59 30 December 2023
Sean McGill, BBC Sport Scotland
Nobody could have seen that conclusion coming with six minutes of regular time to go.
In the previous 84 minutes, Dundee looked to have stormed fortress Rugby Park and given their high-flying hosts a taste of their own medicine.
Kilmarnock haven't necessarily outplayed every opponent on their charge up the table, but they certainly have outfought them. Here though, it was the visitors displaying all the grit to seemingly grind out a win.
Their late antics through Wright and McKenzie seemed to display the character that those inside the dressing room have been talking up in recent weeks. Had they hung on, they would have cut the gap to Hearts in third and made a serious statement of intent.
However, McInnes was scuppered by his former assistant as Tony Docherty's team failed to accept defeat and bounced back to land a sucker punch right at the end.
The division's surprise package continue to show their quality and resolve. On another day, they could have headed home celebrating an away win at a tough venue.
Kilmarnock 2-2 Dundee: Who impressed? published at 17:39 30 December 2023
The Dundee captain had batted away many Kilmarnock's advances before chaos broke out, then had his say with a late leveller to spare his side's blushes.
His leadership seems to be a key part of Dundee's success so far this season.
Image source, SNSTiffoney returns in four changes published at 14:29 30 December 2023
There's a bit of a shake-up from Derek McInnes' former assistant, as Tony Docherty makes four changes - and a potential system switch - from the Boxing Day defeat to Celtic.
Mohamad Sylla, Ryan Howley, Josh Mulligan and Scott Tiffoney come in, with Cammy Kerr, Lyall Cameron, Malachi Boateng and Zak Rudden making way.
Image source, SNS Image caption, Lyall Cameron drops to the bench
LINE-UPS from Rugby Parkpublished at 14:26 30 December 2023
Image source, BBC SportKilmarnock: Dennis, Mayo, Wright, Deas, Findlay, Armstrong, Watson, Lyons, Kennedy, Watkins, Vassell
Substitutes: O'Hara, Ndaba, McKenzie, Sanders, Murray, Polworth, Donnelly, Dallas, Mackay-Steven
Dundee: Carson, Donnelly, McGhee, Shaughnessy, Beck, Howley, Sylla, Tiffoney, McCowan, Mulligan, Bakayoko
Substitutes: Ledgzdins, Kerr, Cameron, Ashcroft, Reilly, Robertson, Rudden, Boateng, Lewis
Image source, BBC Sport
