DUNDEE UNITED find themselves in a somewhat unusual situation going into the new campaign. The fourth-placed finish achieved last term – the Tayside club’s highest final league position since 2014 when the first team featured the likes of Andy Robertson, John Souttar, Stuart Armstrong, Gary Mackay-Steven and Ryan Gauld – didn’t go unnoticed, and it wasn’t long until head coach Tam Courts was lured away to take the reins of Honved in Budapest.
Most supporters of most teams would feel an apprehensive shiver running down their spine at the thought of losing their manager so soon after a period of success, yet the mood music from those tied to Tannadice is that the Terrors have traded up. Within a week of Courts’ departure, former St Mirren, Sunderland and Hibernian boss Jack Ross was unveiled as his successor.
