Dundee manager Tony Docherty has characterized his team’s mentality as a “real strength,” encouraging his players to perform well at the “intimidating” Tynecastle stadium this Saturday. Dundee currently occupies fifth place in the league standings, having suffered only one defeat in their last five matches, while Neil Critchley’s Hearts are positioned at the bottom. Docherty elaborated on the team’s progress, stating: “It is important, the real challenge to players was to get themselves winning games to get themselves in that top six. And I feel they’re a strong, strong squad together. There’s a good mentality. Watch the way they celebrate goals, it’s everybody together. So I can feel a real kind of strength within the squad and a real resolve and a real willingness, that that mentality will take us forward, and they’ve got themselves in a good position now.” When the two teams last met at Dens Park in August, Dundee secured a 3-1 victory. However, Docherty maintains that despite their ongoing difficulties, new manager Critchley has brought improvements to Hearts. He further commented on the opposition and his team’s focus: “Neil’s been in now for 10 games and you can see from watching the recent matches he’s putting his stamp, and he’s formulating the gameplan, the system that he wants to play. But very much, it’s about my full focus being on our team. We’re in a good place at the moment in terms of the form guide. We’re sitting, over the last six games, third, behind Celtic and Rangers. Hearts have got a lot of really good players. It’s a kind of an intimidating stadium, but I think it can be a really good stadium to play in as the away team.” Post navigation Dundee and Monterrey Announce Player Development Collaboration Norwich Defender Doyle: Plymouth Victory “Just What We Needed”