Dundee boss Paul Hartley was satisfied with the improvement in his side’s defensive performance in the goalless draw against Kilmarnock.
Hartley said: “On the road, it’s another point to where we want to be. It was pleasing to keep the clean sheet.
“It’s important, we’ve not had many of those but we’re starting to build that now since Darren O’Dea’s come in.
“He’s really steadied the ship in terms of experience and his communication and organisation.
“It was one of our problems, we were really good going forward but we were a little bit vulnerable at the back.
“But Darren’s come in and we’ve re-jigged our system a wee bit which is working well for us just now.”
Kilmarnock’s new manager Lee Clark tried to take the positives out of the draw but had goalkeeper Jamie MacDonald to thank for claiming a point.
The home side had the better of the early exchanges but had to rely on MacDonald to deny Dundee.
The new Rugby Park manager said: “There were lots of positives to take out of the game, the application of the players, the desire, the quality of football and the tempo we played.
“If we had come in at half-time ahead, it would have been deserved.”
Clark’s side did tire in the final quarter of the match, a criticism also levelled against them in midweek when they lost an injury time goal to knock them out of the Scottish Cup.
He said: “The fitness won’t change overnight, we can only gradually do it. I can run and run and run them, but they’d have no fitness left for the match and probably pick up injuries.”