{"id":410941,"date":"2026-01-13T22:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/410941\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T22:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:28:09","slug":"dundee-fans-voice-improving-dark-blues-should-have-no-fear-at-rugby-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/410941\/","title":{"rendered":"Dundee fan&#8217;s voice: Improving Dark Blues should have &#8216;no fear&#8217; at Rugby Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dundee&#8217;s run of wins may have come to an end, but our performance form remains strong.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">We look tough to beat, which is essential in the recipe for making a good cup team. It&#8217;s Scottish Cup duty for us next and our tails are up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Other than a world-class save on derby day, Jon McCracken has been quiet, which is testament to how well Dundee have been controlling matches.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The team are in a position to balance the nullifying of opponents&#8217; attempts to create chances while threatening from the flanks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The skilful pairing of Tony Yogane and Cameron Congreve have rightfully earned praise for their recent displays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">At the time of the cup draw, facing Kilmarnock was daunting. This marks the fourth consecutive year we have drawn a Premiership team in the fourth round, and the third time we have to play them away from home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Since 2020, Dundee have faced top-flight opposition nine out of 12 times in knockout games across both cup competitions before the quarter-final stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Despite that history, the initial pessimism has faded. The performance in victory over Kilmarnock just two weeks ago was encouraging, and coupled with Dundee&#8217;s continued improvements on the pitch, we head to Ayrshire with no fear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dundee&#8217;s run of wins may have come to an end, but our performance form remains strong. We look&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-410941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}