Ian McCall couldn’t maintain the progress that saw United improve from second-bottom to fifth in his first season in charge and was replaced by assistant boss Gordon Chisholm in March after a dreadful run that left the Terrors bottom.

Chisholm did better over the rest of the season, and in the remaining ten matches, the Tannadice club earned six of their eight wins for the season and more than half their final points tally, although five of those were against their fellow strugglers after the SPL split. Cat Derek Stillie has signed from Dunfermline but otherwise it’s been pretty quiet on the transfer front. The Dundee faithful will be encouraged by the capture of striker Lee Miller, who scored 11 goals in a loan spell with Hearts after an unsuccessful move to England with Bristol City. In order to become a useful outfit, United must address their poor home form, having won fewer home games than any other club last season, but late victories over both Hibernian and Hearts show they are slowly a team on the up.

Trinidad & Tobago forward Jason Scotland's career looks to be taking a turn for the worst as he was declined a work permit. This means that Scotland cannot play for Utd or any other team in the SPL.

They might not pull up any trees, but expect to see some improvement this season.