Dundee boss Neil McCann is convinced it is only a matter of time before his players start receiving their rightful rewards in terms of the wins and points their play deserves.
The Dark Blues are still trying to work out how they managed to lose at Partick Thistle on Saturday despite taking the lead and creating a whole host of chances.
They also saw an A-Jay Leitch-Smith penalty saved before the Jags equalised and then snatched a late winner.
However, McCann insists he will not change the way he wants his side to play and they will continue to go for the jugular when they face high-flying Motherwell at Dens tomorrow night.
When asked if he felt it was only a matter of time before Dundee gave someone a doing, the manager said: “It is but no-one is going to come to you and say, ‘There you go’.
“We have to make it happen but I am confident because we are creating so many chances.
“When I took over last season, I said this was a team that had to stop losing games and in order to do that we almost sacrificed a wee bit of our going forward.
“I said I would try to change that, to being a team which was really on the offensive when we had the ball.
“At times this year we have conceded goals but we have created so many chances.
“Looking at it from Saturday, we could have just sat in and attempted to take a point but I am trying to change the mid-set of this club to not accept that a point is OK against Partick Thistle when we have totally dominated the match.
“I can’t suddenly turn around and say, ‘Hold on a minute, Where are you going?’ when we are trying to go for the winner.
“We will talk individually about how we could have stopped their goals but overall I am convinced it will turn.”
The Steelmen will arrive at Dens still buoyed by their Betfred Cup semi-final victory over Rangers on Sunday thanks to two goals from striker Louis Moult.
McCann was there to watch and he knows his players will have to match Motherwell physically and go toe to toe if they hope to take anything from tomorrow night’s game.
McCann said: “Motherwell have been terrific this season.
“They do exactly what they are good at which is being physical, knowing their jobs and possessing a real goal threat both at set-pieces and general play.
“It wasn’t an eye-opener (at Hampden), it was exactly what I thought I would see.
“We know Louis Moult is a real threat. I knew that last season even when we played against them.
“I have liked him for a long time. I have to admit that I am surprised Motherwell have managed to hang onto him.
“However, they are not a one-man team by any stretch of the imagination.
“They really play to their strengths. One hundred per cent you have to be prepared to go toe to toe and go to war with Motherwell when they are in possession of the ball.
“You have to be prepared to be brave and rugged enough to meet that challenge head on but – and it is a massive but – when we are in possession of the ball, I am not going to ask the boys to change their game and how we have been playing.
“That’s something I want to stress because we have been playing a very attractive style of football.
“I am not going to change the way we play when we come up against a team like Motherwell.
“We are a physical side as well. I don’t think we have been shrinking violets this season. We can put our foot in and we have a big team ourselves.
“So on the ball, we will be as free-flowing as we have been.”
Paul McGowan missed training yesterday after having to come off against Thistle with McCann saying the club’s medical team will monitor him ahead of the tomorrow’s game.
Striker Marcus Haber who has missed several weeks because of injury comes into consideration.