| Boss Alex Rae was happy with the big keeper, who made two vital spot-kicks stops as Livingston were edged out of the competition on Tuesday and, with club captain Ludovic Roy still feeling the calf strain that has sidelined him for two games, Samson will see more action this weekend.
“Ludo is making good progress, but his calf is not quite right and we have targeted the Dunfermline game in a fortnight for him,” said the gaffer.
“I’ve no worries about using big Craig and I was happy with his performance against Partick last Saturday as well as the work he did on Tuesday.”
Dundee welcomed another foreign trialist for training today, while Jamaican defender Nathan Koo-Boothe continues to go through his paces.
As both are free agents, there is no rush to have them signed up before tomorrow’s transfer deadline and Alex does not expect any business to be done then.
Next week, Koo-Boothe, and possibly the other trialist, is likely to be involved in a closed-door game.
“I’m trying to get a game fixed up so I can get a good look at Nathan. He has a very good attitude and has been doing well so far, but his fitness is quite a bit behind the rest of the boys here and that is a bit of a problem,” added Alex.
Paul Dixon and Kevin McDonald have been put on stand-by for the Scotland U/21 squad ahead of next month’s European Championship qualifiers against Denmark and Finland. |
