The Dens Park surface reminds Dundee defender Joe Shaughnessy of footage from decades ago.
The Dark Blues skipper said the pitch was the worst he has seen it in Saturday’s defeat to Motherwell and reminded him of the type of playing areas graced by legends such as George Best.
A race against time and a lot of hard work led to last weekend’s game getting the go-ahead.
Dundee insist they are doing all they can to make sure Wednesday’s rearranged fixture with Rangers goes ahead, with rain forecast between now and kick-off on Wednesday night.
Shaughnessy said there are some drawbacks to playing on the Dens Park surface at the moment, though rejected any suggestion they gain an advantage from it.
Joe Shaughnessy: There’s nothing we can do about it
“The pitch was the worst I’d seen it last weekend,” said the Irish centre-back.
“It’s like going back to play on the pitches the way you saw them years ago – like the old footage of George Best running around!
“It’s not like we’re getting anything from it, there’s absolutely no advantage to us being the home team.
“Both teams have to play on it.
“It’s not great at all, it’s taxing on the legs too when you’re running through that kind of surface.
“It would be ideal if we had a perfect pitch but we don’t, so there’s nothing we can do about it.
“What will they make of it when they turn up? I dunno, they’ll have a laugh I suppose.
“They were here last time when it got called off, so they saw it and won’t be surprised.
“Nothing can be done about it so there’s no point worrying about it or making excuses.
“Both teams will be playing on the same pitch, so we just have to get on with it.”
Second chance for Dundee to secure top 6
Dundee’s defeat on Saturday from a 2-0 lead means they missed the chance to secure top-six football.
Wednesday provides another chance, but to do so they will have to take all three points against a Rangers side that has dropped points in two of their previous 12 matches.
Shaughnessy said the pressure is all on the Glasgow club as they bid to leapfrog Celtic at the top of the Scottish Premiership.
“I don’t think we can play on any pressure because usually when you play the Old Firm the pressure is on them,” he said.
“They are expected to win every game anyway so it doesn’t really affect us and how we approach it.
“We just have to focus on ourselves and what we need to do to get a result.
“We haven’t had any points from these games so far this season so that’s something we’d like to put right.
“What a time to do it on Wednesday night.
“For a club coming straight back up, it would be a great achievement.
“It’s even a good achievement to be needing a point from two games to make it happen.
“When I spoke to the club in the summer the top six wasn’t mentioned, it was all about consolidating in the league.”
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