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Dundee head coach Steven Pressley has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Scottish Premiership trip to Kilmarnock.
Here are the main points:
- On the post-split fixtures, Pressley insists "I don't read too much into the fixtures", adding "a fixture is only a good fixture if you win it", but he is "pleased" three of Dundee's final five games are at home.
- With Dundee just five points above second-bottom Killie in the table, Pressley admits it is "a really important game", adding they are a "hugely improved side under Neil McCann".
- Pressley admits Dundee "really took some time to find our way in the season" but stresses "you have to give credit to other teams" who have also been picking up good results.
- The upturn in the teams around Dundee "makes it a really pressurised end to the season", but Pressley stresses "my message is clear, we have to do what we did against Celtic and really attack these final games. We want to be brave and bold in the way we play, we want to have no regrets come the end of the season".
- The Dundee boss stresses their fate "won't be decided this weekend" but insists they are really focused on maintaining their Premiership status for next season.
- He adds "you don't get any points for being proud of players" but believes if his side can "show resilience" and "attack each game before the end of the season" he feels they can retain their league status.
- Pressley reiterates that they are in contract talks with a number of key players but accepts "there is bound to be a degree of trepidation" about signing just now until there is clarity over what league they will be playing in next season.
- Defender Luke Graham has "got better and better" amid continued speculation over his future. "Whether his mind is on moving or not, it's certainly not shown in his commitment to this football club".
- Team news: Tony Yogane is a doubt with an Achilles issue.
