Dundee goalie Calum Ferrie admitted he fully understood his manager’s anger and frustration after the Dark Blues were beaten by Partick Thistle on Saturday.
However, the 19-year-old was determined to put the disappointment behind him and look to what he hopes is a promising future for himself and the club.
Dens boss Neil McCann did not hold back in his assessment of his players’ performance as they lost to a Jags side desperate for a result to avoid automatic relegation, accusing the team of “short-changing” the fans.
Ferrie, who had been handed his first start for Dundee against Partick, was unable to prevent the opposition prevailing thanks to a solitary Kris Doolan goal.
The keeper was desperately disappointed he could not celebrate his big day with a clean sheet with the defeat sparking his manager’s reaction after the final whistle.
The keeper said: “It is just football. You win games, you lose games . . . the manager is happy or upset.
“Everywhere you play it’s the same whether from Sunday League up to Champions League.
“It is just something in football and rightly so because it wasn’t the greatest performance overall.
“At the end of the day, I just did my job but conceded a goal.
“I am very annoyed not to have been able to keep a clean sheet because that’s what goalies live off.
“We hate conceding goals and I will probably have a nightmare about that one.
“But we move on and try to focus on next season now and go as high as we can.”
After securing their safety in Dingwall last Tuesday, all the pressure was off Dundee before the Partick game but McCann was not willing to accept any excuses.
He said: “I am not agitated. I am angry. It is unacceptable.
“I am just not putting up with that. We are trying to set standards at the club.
“You don’t get handed results in this league, never mind a side who are fighting for their lives. That is short-changing the fans.”
Meanwhile, former Dundee boss and current Rangers scout John Brown was at Dens on Saturday and it is understood he was keeping tabs on Dark Blues midfielder Glen Kamara.
