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BBC News
15 hours ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Murray relishing 'responsibility' of being new Dundee captain
Simon Murray says it was "an easy decision" to accept and "a massive honour" to be announced as captain of striker, who rejoined his boyhood club last season after a short loan in 2018, scored 22 goals in 48 games in the campaign gone had the captain's armband around his bicep throughout the season after injury interrupted previous Joe Shaughnessy's campaign and Trevor Carson was in and out of the admitted he will "give his all" to the role assured he is "not going to change" despite the new responsibility."It is a massive honour," he told club media."Being from here, growing up as a Dundee fan and now getting that responsibility from the new gaffer is great and something that I am really proud of."We've had a few days in training and I had a good chat with the gaffer, he pulled me in and we had a really good chat and he said that he wanted me to be the captain. "It was an easy decision for me to accept. I'm going to give it my all and I look forward to the challenge."I'm not going to change. The gaffer was pretty clear that he wants me just to be me. "Just to bring what I bring, enthusiasm, hard work, and leadership skills and for me just be my own person and just keep doing what I'm doing. He said that was the reason that he chose me to be captain."
BBC News
4 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Doom & gloom among Dundee support
We asked for your views on Dundee's Scottish Premiership fixtures and how they will be faring after 10 what some of you said:Lammy: Impossible to say until we see the new squad assembled. Anything round about 15 points will be Sadly, stranded in 12th place. It doesn't really matter how the fixtures land, we are certs going down. All of our better experienced players gone, apart from Simon Murray and Trevor Carson, not near Premiership standard as they proved last season. In 64 years attending Dens, never witnessed such a shambles Dundee have tough opening fixtures. Our squad is much weaker than the one that narrowly avoided the drop last season and we appear to be shopping in the 'bargain basement' in an effort to strengthen. We have no chance of making the top six and will compete with Livingston to avoid automatic The games will sort themselves out if we have a squad ready to take them on. At this point it's glaringly obvious there's no depth. Six weeks to flesh out a team, bringing in starters, not project players. Only way you plan for the future properly is by breeding success consistently.
The Courier
14-05-2025
- Sport
- The Courier
Trevor Carson: Dundee must seize 'massive opportunity' to secure Premiership status
Trevor Carson is determined Dundee will take full advantage of a golden opportunity to secure their Premiership status against Ross County. The Dark Blues are currently sitting in 10th place in the table, two points ahead of the struggling Staggies, and know a win tonight would ensure they will be playing top-tier football again next season. Keeper Carson admits everyone at Dundee would have grabbed that chance with both hands when they were sitting in the relegation play-off spot last month. A victory at Hearts in the first post-split game changed everything and now the Northern Irishman is looking to rubber-stamp Dundee's safety against County. Carson said: 'I think at the start of the split, when we were sitting in 11th place, if someone had shown us the table and said you've got a home game against Ross County to secure your status, I think everyone would have taken that. 'It's a massive opportunity for us. As I say, when you go into the split and you're in that 11th position, the jeopardy that comes with it, you're chasing a bit. 'I think we're in a strong position to go and secure our status. We've got to feed off that, go and deliver. 'In this sort of relegation fight, nothing can motivate me more than winning the next game of football. 'There's no inspirational videos I could watch. I'm just desperate to win the next game of football. That's my mindset all the time. 'There's obviously extra responsibilities on it because you don't want to be part of the team that goes out of the league. 'This situation wasn't what was set out at the start of the season. It certainly wasn't our goal. 'But it's the situation we're in now. It's up to me to stand up and hopefully be part of the team that gets us out of it.' Carson has experienced the pain of relegation before at Bury and Cheltenham Town and he is fully aware of the dire consequences of the dreaded drop. However, the 37-year-old insists that doomsday scenario hasn't entered his thoughts. Carson added: 'I don't want to get bogged down on it, thinking negatively about stuff like that. 'Of course, there's repercussions, not just for players, but for staff around the place. 'We've got a great set of staff here, from the office staff to the playing staff. You don't want that on your shoulders, people losing their jobs. 'But it hasn't crossed our minds, that sort of stuff. We know it's in our hands to get us out of this situation. We know we've got enough to do, but this talk's all cheap. 'We'll have to go out and perform. Thankfully, it's in our hands.' That sentiment was echoed by Carson's boss Tony Docherty. The manager said: 'We're in control of the situation as a result of us winning at Tynecastle. 'Before that, we were in that position waiting for teams to slip up. 'We've now got a great opportunity, we've got control. 'There's no worse feeling than when you need to rely on other results. 'We don't – we need to turn up, put on a performance that's worthy of us winning the match.' Docherty also acknowledged that the Dundee fans have an important role to play and he is looking for them to roar his team over the line to safety. He added: 'The fans can have a huge part to play and that's the biggest message I have. 'I thought they were brilliant on Saturday after the Kilmarnock game, I think they'd seen a team giving absolutely everything. 'They are the 12th man, there's no doubt about it, and if they can help us for 90-plus minutes on Wednesday night to secure our top-flight status for next year, it benefits us all. 'So I would really urge them to get behind the team.' Dundee will be without the injured Jordan McGhee and Ethan Ingram.
BBC News
14-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Carson confident of avoiding third 'horrible' relegation on his CV
Trevor Carson is desperate to avoid another "horrible" relegation on his CV and is convinced Dundee have what it takes to retain their Scottish Premiership Docherty's men are in a terrible run of form and languish 11th in the Premiership, just three points above St Johnstone, with only nine games left, starting with Sunday's derby visit to Carson previously went down with both Bury and Cheltenham Town but says this situation feels different."I have had two relegations on my CV in my early career in England and both of those times you are looking round the dressing room more in hope than anything. I certainly don't feel that here," he said."There is no worse feeling in the dressing room when you look round and you think 'we are in a pickle here, we don't have what it takes', but I certainly think there is an abundance of talent and we have got experience. "There is no logic behind it for whatever reason – it is certainly not through a lack of effort, we are putting the work in."On Sunday you will see a team battling for their lives, which we are doing and if you keep doing that, keep doing the right things, things will turn and you will get the results you need."In terms of my experience, being in a relegation team it is horrible for your CV. It sticks with you all your career - it is not nice, so digging in and sticking together as a team, hopefully we will see that in the next few games."
