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I remember Tannadice. It may not be the greatest stadium in world football, or even Scottish football (but definitely Dundonian football) but it has a charm to it that gives you a warm and tingly feeling inside. My memories of it are beginning to fade however, since we never seem to fecking play there anymore! Six of our last seven games I think have been away from home - and I missed the only home game in that run!

It'll be a welcome return to Tannadice then when we entertain Dumbarton on Saturday.

We said at the end of September that this run would be hugely important to our season as we were away to many of our supposed rivals. A defeat at Falkirk was disappointing, while a draw at Hibs was a positive. The wins at Dunfermline and St Mirren, particularly the latter as they have a new manager in place, were particularly pleasing and it leaves us in a decent place and only 3 points behind the leaders Hibs, who incidentally haven't won in the league in their last four games. QOTS had been going well until their spanking from Morton, which was very much a coupon buster.

Tony Andreu has been the difference for us, and what a dreamboat he is. Another brace at the weekend and the lad can't stop scoring. He's up to 5 league goals this season and has the best goals per minutes ratio in the league, scoring on average every 84 minutes (Cummings, top scorer on 8, has a goal every 89 minutes). He has a further two goals in the Irn-Bru cup. Dreamboat.

It's been a challenging start to the season but I'm optimistic that we're going in the right direction. The rebuilding job that McKinnon has done should not be dismissed and we're starting to get there, but we're far from the finished article. I still don't think we'll win the league but hopefully we can mount a good challenge.


Away from United, there was great pleasure among many Arabs on Saturday night as the Dees plummeted to the bottom of the Premiership table. Can see Hartley getting his jotters before Christmas. As we well know, selling your two best players can have catastrophic results for your club, and it must be even more galling for the Dees that they got peanuts for them. Ach well, it's a wee shame.

While there was great pleasure on Saturday, Sunday turned to utter bemusement as it was announced that former manager Jackie McNamara, who we remember resigned from his managers job at York, and then reappointed as interim manager, has somehow found his way to be the new Chief Executive of York City. Incredible. At least he knows his way around a transfer....