| With three wins, a draw and just one defeat, United have enjoyed their best start to a season for a decade or more, but Craig is not getting carried away by this early promise.
“Of course I’m happy with the way things have gone, but, if you look at the games played, you see we have not even completed a full round of fixtures so it’s way too early to start making judgements,” he said.
“We still have to play more than half the teams in the league and, only once we’ve done that, will we have any idea of how we are doing.”
One thing the manager feels he can now safely say is that win, lose or draw his players will always give 100%.
“The attitude has definitely pleased me and I think that if you are a United fan, you go to a game knowing that, even if the team loses, the boys will go down fighting.
“If you are going to build a successful thing, that is the first thing you have to have and I think we have it.”
In the absence of a league fixture this weekend, United have arranged to face St Johnstone in the Forfarshire Cup at Tannadice on Friday afternoon and will use mainly reserve players.
Bolstering the squad will be the likes of Greg Cameron as he builds up his fitness and a couple of others who need game time.
Looking at the long-term injury list, Jon Daly has resumed ball work and has been training with the youth squad. He’ll be back with the first team shortly and could be ready for part of a reserve game in the next couple of weeks or so.
“We thought it would be the end of the month before he was ready.
“And, at one stage, it looked like he might be out until November, so it’s good news,” added Craig. |
