Peter Houston’s warning to Dundee United players

Published on Saturday 22 September 2012 01:00

PETER Houston has warned his Dundee United players to ignore Hearts’ sluggish start to the season ahead of their visit to Tannadice.

The United manager is well aware John McGlynn’s side were tipped by numerous observers to challenge them for second place in the SPL in the absence of Rangers and is not yet reading much into their unimpressive recent form.

Hearts currently sit ninth with just one league win to their credit but Houston said: “Hearts are still a good side. It’s still early days with regards to league positions so you can’t look too much into anything at this stage.

“ John McGlynn has got some very good players to chose from even though they’ve let go some of the bigger name players. We know this will be a very difficult match. It’s never easy coming up against any Hearts team. That’s always been the case in recent seasons and it’s not something that is about to change.

“We’re going to have to be at our best to get the result we’re looking for and anything we get will be hard earned for sure.”

Houston has nothing but admiration for opposite number McGlynn, who he knows from their time together at Tynecastle. Houston was assistant while McGlynn was youth coach in Gorgie so knows he will bring his team to Tayside fully focused for the job in hand. Houston, whose side were held to a goalless draw by Ross County last weekend, said: “John is a very professional guy. He works ever so hard at anything he does and we know his Hearts team will be very well organised and hard to beat.”

Taken from the Scotsman