Steven Pressley hopes Dundee can improve after 'really productive meeting'

Steven Pressley hopes that a “really productive meeting” with his players will help Dundee bounce back from their chastening defeat by Aberdeen.

The Dark Blues boss described the 4-0 loss at Pittodrie in their last outing before the international break as “a real hammer blow for us because it was a result and a performance we’d never seen coming”.

Pressley encouraged his players to share their thoughts in a team meeting the following day, and he is optimistic that such “open and honest” discussions will bear fruit going forward.

“It was a really, really productive meeting in my opinion,” said the manager, whose side host Celtic on Sunday. “It certainly wasn’t a crisis meeting but it was a productive meeting.

“It’s a meeting that I like. I think I talk very openly and honestly to you gu