We rarely beat teams above us in the cup, indeed cups going back to the 80s when we were largely a second tier team.
I still fondly remember the victory away at Love Street when we beat St Mirren 3 - 1. Apart from that, were Dundee a Premier league team when we beat them, to get to the cup semi-final?
I'd be surprised if we have beaten a team higher up the leagues more than a handful of times since we became a team who spent as much time out of the top flight as in it.
However, on the face of it this should be a team we are looking to beat. The perennial question is how we do that? Doolan will have a gameplan and hopefully that works better than the our visit to Hearts in the summer.
If BBG is playing, he's fine with hold up play and flick ons but if left isolated doesn't have the pace to threaten the opposition defence. As in other games, this allows the opposition to commit another player forward. So another perennial problem, which Dools suffered from too, is finding a player or system to support him.
The players who experienced that collapse last June, will be looking to win and will need no motivation. Hopefully that spirit can see us through to the next round.
It won't make up for THAT day in Dingwall but may exorcise some ghosts for players and fans alike.
Also any funds from another game will not be budgeted for so will be useful on the financial side.
TL:DR
Don't know if I could face ANOTHER penalty shootout up there so I'll go for a hard fought 2 - 1 win for the Jags over the Stags.
OLAS For we made a promise...