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What a difference a year can make, certainly in the case of Steven Pressley. Wind back 12 months and he was a man very much up against it, having to win over a large proportion of the Dundee support who were, let's say, sceptical about his surprise appointment as head coach. As last season went on, he assembled a side that got better and better, in terms of results and style of football on their way to an eighth place Premiership finish.
Dundee head coach Steven Pressley has been talking to the media before his side's opening Scottish Premiership match of the season away to champions Celtic on Monday. Pressley feels he is about four players short of a "complete squad". The club are working hard on bringing players in.
Head coach Steven Pressley says Dundee beat "a number of other clubs" to "exciting signing" Zan Besir as the midfielder makes the switch from Primorje after their relegation from Slovenia's PrvaLiga. The 25-year-old Slovenia Under-21 cap has signed a two-year contract with the option of a third having joined the Scottish Premiership club's pre-season training camp in Hungary.
Scott Arfield enjoyed locking horns with former team-mate and manager Steven Pressley despite losing 3-0 to Dundee in his debut as Livingston's interim manager. The former Rangers and Burnley midfielder took over after Marvin Bartley's resignation last week.
Dundee head coach Steven Pressley says he has "seen a lot of growth in myself as a human being" during an "exceptionally challenging" campaign. After six years away from management, Pressley's arrival at Dundee last summer raised a few eyebrows. It has been exceptionally challenging on many fronts and you learn a lot about yourself during these dark periods, but that is football management and we have to accept that.
Dundee fans, we asked for your opinions on the 1-0 victory over St Mirren at Dens Park. George: Dundee need to attack teams and get plenty of goals, not sit with 1-0 lead and give supporters nightmares. Steven Pressley has put together a decent team, it's just a shame that it took a while for them to gel at the start of the season or else we would have finished higher.
Defender Ryan Astley is eager to extend his Dundee stay and is confident they will still be a Premiership club next season. Steven Pressley's side are ninth, five points above second-bottom Kilmarnock and three clear of St Mirren, who they host on Saturday. "I have got full confidence we can do that [stay in the Premiership]," the 24-year-old said.
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