Dundee United assistant manager Gary Kirk has admitted that, despite his side taking four points from two difficult away games, he is still frustrated that the return wasn’t a full haul.
After winning on the road up in Inverness two weekends ago, the Tangerines travelled to Kilmarnock on Saturday and came away with a draw thanks to a 90th-minute strike by Paul Dixon.
However, having dominated proceedings for most of the match, Kirk believes United should have won.
He said: ”Getting four points from tough away games against Inverness and Kilmarnock is a good haul. But the way we played against Killie, we deserved more.
”It was probably one of our best performances of the season at Rugby Park. If it had been four or five by half-time I don’t think they could have complained.
”Their keeper Cammie Bell made three wonder saves, while we hit the post and the bar. So there is a wee bit of frustration there but we are looking at the positives and the way we played.
”I am delighted the boys got something out of the game as it would have been an injustice if we hadn’t. We have a lot of matches coming up and we want to keep it going.”
Kirk is also hoping that youngsters Gary Mackay-Steven and Stuart Armstrong can continue their recent good form in midfield. The pair have emerged as bright prospects in recent weeks and the assistant boss believes both have a big future ahead of them.
He added: ”Stuart Armstrong has made a good impact on the team in the last few weeks. He makes some great runs into the box and he was very good again on Saturday. With him in there now and Gary Mackay-Steven playing well too we are causing defences problems.
”We had that sticky spell when we were losing goals but in the last few games we have been more positive again. We had shored it up and looked at the defence more than anything else but I’d say we have a better balance now.
”The young boys have a lot of confidence in themselves and you can see that in the way they play. When they are on the ball they want to get towards the box and we look dangerous at the moment.”