| With time running out, the Dark Blues looked dead and buried against Inverness Caley until late strikes from Brian Kerr and Gary Harkins earned an unlikely point.
And, while Jocky felt, had the final whistle come a few minutes later, his men may have won, he was not happy.
“For 70 minutes we were OK at times, but not great, give away two bad goals and then suddenly start playing, look hungry to get on the ball and, if the game had gone another 10 minutes, could have won,” he said.
“That baffles me and it’s hard to explain, but it is not something I want repeated, because to win games we have to play like we did near the end and not the way we did before.
“The players have shown they can play and, if they do, I am confident we will win most of our matches, but it has to be the way we finished on Saturday for most of our games, not just parts.”
Jocky was unhappy with two bad goals lost and that could point to a place for new signing Bob Malcolm when Raith Rovers visit in the Scottish Cup quarter-finals on Saturday.
The ex-Ranger would have been on the bench against Caley Thistle, but a lack of international clearance after his short stint with Australian’s Brisbane Roar meant he could not be used. That’s a situation Dundee are not happy about.
“We started the process of getting clearance last Wednesday, even before he’d trained with us, so it’s not great that they did not process it in time.
“You would think that a country like Australia could have got it done a lot quicker than this. It’s something that’s beyond our control and now the main thing is it’s done before this weekend.”
Malcolm should get a chance to work on his match fitness when St Johnstone are faced in a closed-door game tomorrow and also included will be Sean Higgins and Craig McKeown.
David Cowan, who has been doing some training as his recovery from groin surgery continues, is unlikely to get part of that game. |
