Steve Lomas is happy for St Johnstone to be the side story at Dens Park.
All the focus is on Dundee’s new interim boss John Brown, and the reaction he will get from his players on the pitch and the home fans off it.
The Saints manager, though, is looking for his team to keep pressure on second-placed Inverness, who they trail by just one point.
“We have got to be professional, prepare ourselves right and stick to our game plan,” he said.
“We know that Dundee will probably get a lift, teams normally do in those circumstances. When a new manager takes over you normally see that in his first game.
“I don’t know John Brown, but I watched him as a player and he was a very good player, very under-rated and he has great enthusiasm. But we can only concentrate on ourselves and what we do.”
Lomas does not discount the possibility of Dundee escaping the drop.
“It is possible,” he said.
“They still have enough points to play for and they are playing for places in the Scottish Cup quarter-finals, so there is a lot to play for.
“I have watched them in the last two or three months and they have been unlucky in certain games. There wasn’t much in it when we played them and Hibs were very lucky to beat them at their place.
“They have improved as the season has gone on and they seem to be a lot tighter at the back, so we have to do our jobs.
“We are in a good place, coming off a hard-fought win and it will be the same on Wednesday, it will be another battle.”