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Dundee

  1. Healy dismisses rumours linking him to vacant Dundee job

    Lauren McCann
    BBC Sport NI Journalist

    David HealyInpho

    Healy won his sixth league title with Linfield this season

    Linfield manager David Healy has distanced himself from rumours suggesting he may be interested in taking the vacant Dundee job.

    The Scottish Premiership side are looking for a new manager after sacking Tony Docherty at the end of the season.

    But Healy expressed his desire to build on the success he had this season with the Blues after guiding them to the Irish Premiership title before the split.

    "I am going to Scotland this weekend but no [not for a job interview] and I'm not going to the Scottish Cup final," he told BBC Sport NI.

    Healy was speaking after becoming the first recipient of the Manager of the Year award at the Ulster Footballer of the Year award.

    He signed a one-year contract extension at Linfield last August after rejecting the chance to take over at Scottish Championship side Raith Rovers.

    And Healy hopes to have clarity about his future at the Blues resolved before pre-season.

    "I'm sure I'll sit down and talk about the contract, I've been successful, and I think the club know what they're going to get out of me," he added.

    "I shouldn't see why it can't come to a conclusion; I think it has been timing and circumstances [as reasons why it hasn't yet been resolved].

    "I contemplated a change last summer [moving to Raith] because I didn't know where I stood, but hopefully with the success this year, going forward we can build on that."

  3. Dundee manager Tony Docherty watches on, in what turned out to be his last match as Dundee manager during a William Hill Premiership match between St Johnstone and Dundee at McDiarmid Park

  4. Familiar feeling to Docherty dismissal - but what do numbers say?

    Nick Mheat
    BBC Sport Scotland

    Tony DochertySNS

    In the wake of the shock news of Tony Docherty's Dundee dismissal, it is important to that some ruthless decisions can turn out to be harsh but correct.

    Only time will be the real measure of that for the Dens Park board, but there is evidence to suggest they could be proven right in their brutal call to sack Docherty and his staff on the morning after they secured the club's top-flight status.

    And there is a sense of familiarity about it all.

    Two years ago, Gary Bowyer left Dundee just five days after guiding the club to promotion back to the Scottish Premiership.

    Docherty was ultimately the beneficiary, and nobody was thinking about Bowyer when the former Kilmarnock assistant led the team team to a top-six finish in his first year in management.

    Despite gaining just one point fewer than they did last term, this season has been a struggle, requiring a final-day win at St Johnstone to avoid the relegation play-off.

    In the statement announcing Docherty's departure, the club said results "have not met the standards expected" by the board.

    But what do the numbers say?

    They show Dundee conceded a whopping 77 league goals, by far the most in this season's Premiership.

    In fact, across both Docherty's campaigns in charge, the team shipped an eye-watering 145 goals.

    Injuries to his backline impacted the ex-Aberdeen coach at times, but he was simply unable to address glaring defensive issues across a two-year spell.

    There was always a sense that if Docherty could plug those holes, he would have a serious team on his hands, particularly this season.

    His dynamic attack were frequently a pleasure to watch, with the team scoring the fourth most goals - 57 - in the league this term and standout striker Simon Murray netting 16.

    In back-to-back games at city rivals Dundee United and at home to Rangers in March, the Dark Blues scored seven. But they also conceded six.

    In a chaotic draw with Celtic in January, they had the champions completely rattled for large spells and put three goals past them. But they also shipped three.

    Docherty's side were box office. But that was their undoing. Too often they were entertaining the neutral fan and not their own.

    Across the 54-year-old's tenure, Dundee dropped a staggering 53 points from winning positions. There were also just four clean sheets this season and a total of 19 defeats, lower than only relegated St Johnstone.

    The manager would lament inexperience and naivety, but at some stage those trends have to end.

    The risk in dispensing with Docherty is that coaching a team to create and score is regarded as the hard part, and there is no guarantee the next guy will be as good at it.

    Therefore, sticking with Docherty and trusting him to eventually troubleshoot the defence might turn out to be a 'what if">