Mark McGhee revisits radiator decision as Dundee boss admits there’s no link to football

Hopeful Mark McGhee has expanded on his decision to turn off his own radiators to help Dundee's players battle to beat the drop.

However, the Dens Park boss has conceded there is no direct link to football and the relegation scrap.

The experienced boss raised eyebrows with his methods of psyching up the Dark Blues squad ahead of Saturday’s bottom-of-the-table clash with St Johnstone.

McGhee hoped to inspire his Dundee players by going on a diet and without heating this week in the build-up to the crucial Premiership showdown.

McGhee told Sky Sports : "I'm using that sort of sports psychology really, I'm trying to get the message across that unless you change something, nothing changes.

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"In order to be successful, I think you have to make sacrifices. You have to do something about it.

"The boys have been fantastic, the quality of the training has been the best it's been since we've been here. They're really starting to take on Simon's ideas, my ideas behind that and I think they've got themselves ready for this game at exactly the right time.

"All I'm trying to do is give them ways of finding a little bit more in themselves, asking a little bit more of themselves and challenging themselves.

"I