Dundee Utd 1, Motherwell 0

April 2001

Saturday, April 28

We lost 1-0 at Tannadice this afternoon, with Jamie Buchan scoring the only goal of the game for the home side after 35 mins. We had James Okoli sent off in the second half for punching Charlie Miller, but other than that there appear to have been few incidents of note. From listening to the game on the radio, it sounds as though we were a bit fortunate to go in at half-time only one goal behind, with Jon Conolly pulling off a few great saves to keep us in the game. However, after going down to 10 men it appears as though we came in to the game a bit more and perhaps were slightly unlucky not to sneak a point. But once again, it sounds as though we offered virtually nothing upfront.

One of this morning's tabloids is reporting that BD is lining up a double swoop for two Bohemians players who helped knock Aberdeen out of this season's UEFA Cup. Pat Nevin watched Irish pair Shaun Maher and Trevor Molloy in Bohemian's game against St Pat's last Saturday night. Centre-half Maher, 23, is available on a Bosman but Molloy is under contract. BD said:
"I know about Shaun Maher and I also know about the other player who scored against Aberdeen. I have those names on my desk but I also have 100,000 others and I can't be interested in them all."

Looking forward to this afternoon's match against Dundee United, BD said:
"Last week I played an experienced side against St Johnstone and overall they were very disappointing. Now we are reaching the end of the season I feel there's a few youngsters at the club who deserve their chance. They will get their first taste of SPL action in the coming weeks and a few of them will be in the side to face Dundee United."

Speaking in particular about Jon Connolly, BD added:
"The door is open for Jon between now and the end of the season. Whether he starts at Dundee United or not I'm not sure but he will definitely figure heavily for the next few games. He's done well the last few weeks and has lost a lot of weight He hadn't played a lot and needed a level of fitness."

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