Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

‘No one is a guaranteed starter here’: Dundee boss James McPake sends out warning to players

Adam Legzdins and Ian Lawlor.

Adam Legzdins may have picked up the Man of the Match award for his display against St Mirren last week after a string of fine saves.

However, Dundee manager James McPake insists there is still plenty of pressure on his goalkeeper coming from new signing Ian Lawlor.

The former Manchester City youth player joined the Dark Blues last month but is yet to get a taste of first-team action yet.

After a fine end to last season, Legzdins has the gloves right now but McPake insists he does not have a first-choice goalkeeper.

That stretches to every position says the Dens gaffer as he sent out a warning to his players.

“You have to earn the right to play,” said McPake.

Dundee goalkeeper Adam Legzdins.

“Big-name players were left out at certain stages of last season.

“If Ian is the one who is doing the business then he will go in and will stay in.

“If Max Anderson, a midfielder, is doing the business, then he will stay in like he did last season for a spell.

“We are building a squad that can push and I am being genuine – there is nobody that is a guaranteed starter out there.

“We will pick a team that is 1) performing in training, and 2) that we believe can get a result in games.”

‘He has stature’

Though fans are yet to see Lawlor in action, McPake is delighted to bring in the 26-year-old Irishman after a two-week trial last month.

The Dundee boss had other options to consider with Danny Rogers also on trial at the same time.

Lawlor, though, won his new manager over in that time.

Kieren Westwood.

And, as usual, McPake made sure he did a bit of background digging by speaking to former Coventry City team-mate Kieren Westwood with both having been in the Irish international set-up.

Of Lawlor, McPake said: “He has stature. He is very big, he is commanding and had a good upbringing at Manchester City.

“I spoke to Kieren Westwood and a few others about him.

“Kieren is the same person I spoke to about Adam Legzdins.

New Dundee signing Ian Lawlor.

“Obviously we look at footage and (goalkeeper coach) Alan Combe did a lot of work on him.

“We had him up, he worked really well and as I said, he is big and vocal – he is a younger version of Adam.

“We now have two very good goalkeepers in my opinion and young Harry Sharp is pushing as well.”

 

To sign up for our dedicated Dundee United, Dundee and St Johnstone newsletters, click HERE.