Neil McCann not rushing into decision on his Dundee future
Neil McCann will not rush a decision over his future as Dundee boss despite kicking off his Dens Park reign with back-to-back wins.
Neil McCann will not rush a decision over his future as Dundee boss despite kicking off his Dens Park reign with back-to-back wins.
The Sky Sports pundit has put his television work to one side for the next three weeks after taking over his old side on an interim basis.
And so far the move has worked wonders for the Dark Blues after they followed up last week's victory at Motherwell with a 1-0 win over Kilmarnock.
Their Rugby Park triumph saw the Taysiders record their first clean sheet of 2017 and moved them four points clear of the relegation play-off spot.
But having made the job look easy so far, McCann insists he will take his time before deciding whether to take up the position permanently.
He said: “I spoke to the chairman when I took this job and I said we would not talk about (taking it long-term). For five games, we will not talk about that.
“I'm coming in here to try to get this squad going and winning games, and that's when we'll have a conversation.
“Sky have been absolutely magnificent, really supportive, but the most important thing coming into a job is getting support from the people you're working with.”
Dundee dominated the first period but saw Marcus Haber spurn two great chances.
However, the Canadian did not give up and headed home the winner 10 minutes into the second period, while keeper Scott Bain rescued his team late on with two stunning stops to deny Greg Kiltie and Kris Boyd.
“What can I say about the players? I'm so proud to be involved with them,” added McCann. “We could have been home and hosed at half-time.
“But I wasn't worried going in at 0-0. We'd played well and had a few chances but I wasn't too bothered, I trusted them.
“Scott Bain has earned his win bonus while Marcus missed some chances, but I told him at half-time that he'd been brilliant.
“I said to him at half-time, you absolutely 100 per cent are going to score. I just knew he'd score.
“He doesn't show much emotion and he doesn't want to let that cool guard down, but he's come up with a goal that has got us three points.”
Kilmarnock boss Lee McCulloch admitted his side deserved nothing from the game.
“About three minutes into the game I turned to coach Peter Leven and said: 'We're miles off it' and I thought we were for the full game,” McCulloch said.
“The last 25-30 minutes flattered us a wee bit because we deserved nothing from that game. We missed some clear-cut chances but we could still be playing now without having scored. It was just one of those days.”