Dundee have five games to save their season.

Sunday’s 4-0 thumping at Hibs shattered the recent positivity built up by their good recent run.

Now they face the post-split fixtures with trepidation.

That’s because the same old failings that have beset this Dundee side reared their heads at Easter Road.

“It’s a sore one. We’ve been here too many times this season now,” central defender Clark Robertson admitted.

Clark Robertson deals with Hibs striker Mykola Kuharevich: Photo by David Young/Action Plus/Shutterstock”We’ve just conceded very poor goals all season, and we have five games left to save our season.”We weren’t at the races; they outperformed us in every department.”It’s not a good thing to say, and it’s a difficult one to swallow.”We need to regroup because we have five important games coming up to save this club from relegation.”We have to understand what’s at stake, and we have to fight and demonstrate that we care.”We lost poor goals, me for the first one, I should do much better.”
Six pointersDundee has two weeks to reflect on their recent trip to the capital before another one.The Dark Blues’ first post-split fixture is away to seventh-placed Hearts.Robertson recognises the importance of improving their performance for the upcoming Premiership away day.

Rocky Bushiri holds off Robertson to hook in the opening goal for Hibs against Dundee.
Image: Ross Parker/SNS“We’ve got a pick ourselves up because we’re the only ones that can save ourselves,” he added.“I’d rather have the game now but we’ve got two weeks now to prepare properly and make sure we’re in the right frame of mind.“The last five games, they’re all six-pointers.“We know that we’ve got to take care of our own business and if we do that, we’ll be fine.“But we’ve got to be much, much better than we were on Sunday if we’ve got to have any chance of staying up.”