It sums up Dundee's season that a week after talismanic striker Simon Murray gets his first league goal of the campaign - in a 3-2 win over Livingston - he then misses the next game through illness and they lose at St Mirren. It shows not just the importance of Murray, but also the stop-start nature of Dundee's campaign so far. It was hoped the win over Livingston - their first in the league under Steven Pressley - would be a turning point for the head coach and his new-look side.
It sums up Dundee's season that a week after talismanic striker Simon Murray gets his first league goal of the campaign - in a 3-2 win over Livingston - he then misses the next game through illness and they lose at St Mirren.
It shows not just the importance of Murray, but also the stop-start nature of Dundee's campaign so far.
It was hoped the win over Livingston - their first in the league under Steven Pressley - would be a turning point for the head coach and his new-look side.
But it became one step forward, two steps back for a team craving consistency of result and performance.
That is going to be very difficult to achieve with an incredibly challenging block of fixtures coming up.
Four of the Dark Blues' next six games are on the road – starting with Aberdeen on Sunday before trips to Falkirk, Hearts and Hibs.
In among those matches they have home dates with Celtic and Rangers.
So we will certainly learn a lot about this Dundee side over the next half dozen games. How they fare could have a big say in shaping the narrative of their season.
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