James McPake demands Dundee find their shooting boots as Tam Courts defends late sitter

James McPake demanded his Dundee strikers find their shooting boots after another blank saw them slip to the bottom of the table.

The Dens boss was left frustrated after his side bossed large parts of a frantic derby but were made to pay for missed chances.

With free agent Leigh Griffiths sat in the stands as he swithers over the offer of a new deal at Dens, deadline day signing Zak Rudden was twice denied by clearances off the line while the excellent Paul McMullan saw two efforts well saved by Benji Siegrist.

Elsewhere St Johnstone’s last gasp win at Livingston moved the Perth men above Dee on goal difference.

McPake is delighted his side have shut the door at one end of the park.

But after a winless league run reached eight games bearing just three goals, he said: “We’re disappointed we couldn’t get that quality or final ball because we got into some great areas.

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“We were very wasteful at times but it’s hard to criticise them. McMullan was outstanding and he’s putting chances on a plate but we need to get it right at the top end of the pitch.

“We had to use the break to get us defensively sound and that’s three clean sheets in a row which was a priority because we were conceding too many chances.