ScottyDee1893

31,000 in attendance with thousands locked out, or rather got fed up queuing and went to the pub/home. There were many people who never saw any of the 3 goals Dundee scored cause it took them that long to get in. The 3-3 draw at Easter Road is one of the finest matches I've ever seen. Big crowd at that too, 28,000 plus if I remember correctly

I agree with this 100%. I think Donnelly has done very well and has the making of a very good player. I can't see him getting near the Forest first team but they might be sympathetic to letting us have him for another season. If he's not in their plans then I'd be trying to sign him permanently if possible

I was at Dens that night and the Buddies were absolutely outstanding. To be fair they had been the best team in the league by far all season. It was a shame the game was played midweek as the travelling support for a team about to clinch the league title was pretty small. They made themselves heard though.

I see on another thread that all players are available except Beck. It's a bonus to have Mulligan back in the squad for the run in.

FWIW I don't think you will lose at Dens. I hope I'm wrong but a life of supporting the Dees has me conditioned to 'just missing out' time and time again

DAB is an acronym, invented by Dundee supporters, for Dirty Arab B*****d (as if you didn't know). It is used because Arab appears to be an unofficial nickname used by United fans. The term Arab, to describe United fans, was first coined by Dundee supporters around 70 years ago. Growing up in the 60/70s I can confirm that every United supporter I ever knew absolutely hated the term Arab, regarded it as an insult, ang got annoyed when they were referred to as that by Dundee fans. Someone then decided to put 'proud to be an Arab' on a wee badge an lo and behold before too long they were all calling themselves that. Using that logic I predict that in around 10 years time they'll be wandering the streets wearing proud to be a DAB badges.

As much as the banter would be hilarious let's get RC to f**k out of this league

Look we know Dens is in a real state but IMHO there is no way that it should fail a pitch inspection tomorrow and with no deluge forecast the game should 100% go ahead at Dens on Wednesday. If it's moved to Perth then other forces are at play here.

Yep cos DABS keep *popping* into our thread to comment. Carry on

Christ knows what he'll say on Wednesday if they don't pick up all three points. Anyway I'm away to look out the rubber ring and swim cap for midweek but I'll give the Speedos a miss. Even the currents don't deserve that horrific sight

With the Dens pitch sideshow hopefully out of the way until next week it's time to concentrate on the latest chapter of the original derby. Will the Dandies stop the Dees bid for top 6 or will Tony Doc's boys exceed expectations and book a place in the upper half of the table post split? I'm going for a 2-2 draw

Attached is a photo of Dundee born Jimmy Rooney who started off at Lochee Harp Juniors. After a brief spell at Montrose he emigrated to Australia where he was capped 57 times. I remember seeing him play in the 1974 World Cup against West Germany

If the pitch inspection at 11 showed the pitch unplayable then there was no chance of it being playable tonight given the rain that is forecast for the afternoon. Would have given everyone (maybe no the Belfast Loyal) plenty time to cancel their travel arrangements. An early inspection requested by your club btw. There are 3 areas of the pitch causing concern, I'd be surprised if the covers haven't been put back on there. You'd think the whole pitch was a swamp the way some people are carrying on.

I think you'll find it's the 3rd in 2024 if it's cancelled

The game will go on and will end up 2-2. The pitch will be an absolute mess at full time but the grounds staff will get it playable (just) for the following Wednesday. It'll be an absolute tattie field and against all odds the Dee will get a draw (early McCowan strike cancelled out by a Tavernier penalty). It will probably be the worst game seen at Dens in years due to the conditions and the Ibrox club will be raging about the state of the pitch, more so when they lose the league by one point. Anyway back to Saturday and I'm going for a draw given that's been the result between the two sides in the previous encounters this season