So far, though, his starts have been confined to midweek cup-ties and he would love that to change.

“Definitely, it would be good to get a start. That’s up to the manager and not me, but, hopefully, I can push myself in there,” said the 20-year-old.

“I was pleased with my performance at Forfar and it would be good if I stayed in the team for Airdrie, because I want to keep playing.”

That said, Forsyth appreciates that competition for places at Dens Park is so stiff right now that he has done well to be involved as much as he has since the season kick-off.

“The size of the squad is quite big and I am happy I have been involved in nearly all the games since the start of pre-season.

“I’m also enjoying playing further forward, because I started as a winger and it was only when I joined Dundee that I played at full-back.

“I do enjoy the attacking part of the game more, so I am pleased where the gaffer has been using me in games.”

And Forsyth is convinced a year of first-team football while on loan at Arbroath is what has strengthened his push for inclusion with the Dark Blues this term.

“It was definitely very good for me and improved me a lot. Playing games and getting experience against teams in the Second Division last year toughened me up a lot more than youth football would have.”

That’s the level tomorrow’s opponents expected to be playing at this season, but Forsyth refused to write off their chances because of that and knows to expect a difficult game at the Excelsior.

“They will look on being in the First Division as a bonus and will want to do well. They won’t make it easy for us and we know we’ll have to play well to get the points.”

He insists the players are also aware they must do better defensively and, despite that liking for going forward, know everyone in the side has a part to play.

“Everyone as a team takes responsibility for defending and, as a team, we are not happy with the goals we have been losing.

“We have been working hard on that side of things in training and when we are together we have been talking about it, because we are determined we’ll put it right.

“Going forward, we are looking a good team, so we are thinking about it and it is something we want sorted out.”

Manager Jocky Scott, meanwhile, is continuing his efforts to add defensive options to his squad, though bids to land Slovakian international Maros Klimpl and Luxembourg skipper Jeff Strasser have fallen through.

Klimpl, who starred for Motherwell while on loan last term, has quit Danish club FC Midtjylland to return home to Slovakia, while Strasser has been snapped up by Grasshoppers Zurich.

“What that means is I’m now making phone calls to follow up other possibilities, because I want to add to my defensive options before the transfer window closes,” said Jocky.

“Having said that, overall I am happy with the quality I have in my squad. We have been losing bad goals, but this is still a defence that was mean last season when it came to conceding. Individual errors have cost us and, starting at Airdrie tomorrow, I am looking for that to change.”

Although he rates former Aberdeen and Scotland star Russell Anderson highly, his recent injury record means Jocky is not pursuing his signature via a loan deal.