Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kāore te kaiwhakahaere o Dundee a Paul Hartley i te pānui nui ki te hīkoi o Dundee United i mua i te whakataetae Scottish Premiership o te pō o te Rāapa i Dens Park. Kua hinga a United i te whitu o a ratou tukinga e iwa whakamutunga i roto i nga whakataetae katoa, i tohaina nga tokorua o muri, i te wa i wikitoria ai to raatau whakataetae whakamutunga i te Hanuere 24 ki a Motherwell. Heoi anō, e kore e whakapono a Hartley ka māmā ake te mahi a tōna kapa i a rātou e ngana ana ki te tuhi i tō rātou wikitōria tuatahi i tētahi whakataetae i tēnei tau i te whā o ngā whakamātau. Kāore a Paul Hartley i te tino mōhio ki te hīkoi o Dundee United i mua i te kēmu derby o te Wenerei. Ka mea a Hartley: 'Kei a rātou tonu ngā kaitākaro pai. 'Kāore mātou i te pōhēhē mō te pūmanawa kei a rātou puta noa i te kapa. 'Kua kitea e mātou i te wā katoa o te tau - ā, i roto i ngā kēmu ki a mātou, i te nuinga o te wā. E mōhio ana mātou kei a rātou ngā kaitākaro ka whara i a koe i ngā wāhi katoa. Me arotahi tatou ki nga mea ka taea e tatou te mahi.' Kaore a Dundee i wikitoria i roto i nga tukinga e toru, whai muri i to ratou hinganga ki Ross County me te 1-1 totika ki Aberdeen me Inverness. Ko Nadir Ciftci o Dundee Utd e tohu ana i te whaainga o tana kapa mai i te waahi whiu ki a Ross County. Kei te whakanui a Callum Morris i tana whāinga i te whakataetae Scottish League Cup ki Aberdeen. Kua waiho i a rātou ki te tūranga tuawhitu i te ripanga me ngā tohu 41, e rima ki muri i te tuawha o United, e rua hoki ki muri i a Hamilton i te tuaono. Ka mea a Hartley: 'Kei te ngana mātou ki te whiwhi i ngā tohu maha i mua i te wehenga, kia uru ki roto i te ono o runga. 'Kāore mātou i tawhiti, engari e mōhio ana mātou me wikitōria ētahi kēmu. 'Mēnā ka whiwhi mātou i tētahi hua i roto i te whakataetae, ka riro mātau he rua ngā tohu i muri i a United, ae. Engari ko te mea nui ki a mātau, ko te ngana ki te hopu i tō mātau hoariri tata.' Ko John Souttar o Dundee Utd e whawhai ana mo te poi ki a Liam Boyce i a ratau keemu i Tannadice. Ahakoa kaore i wikitoria mai i te marama o Hui-tanguru, e whakapono ana a Hartley ka taea e ana kaitakaro te whakawhirinaki ki te tukinga o te Wenerei i muri i te tango i nga tohu mai i nga taha e toru o Aberdeen me Inverness. Ka mea ia: 'He pai te haere o te mahi. He pai ngā hua o ā mātau mahi...
Ka tūtaki a Dundee ki ōna hoa whawhai a Dundee United i te whakataetae i te pō o te Rāapa. Kua hinga a United i te whitu o ā rātou tukinga e iwa whakamutunga i roto i ngā whakataetae katoa. Engari kaore a Hartley i te pānui i ō rātau raruraru i te mea e kōkōkō ana a Dundee. Kāore a Dundee i toa i roto i ngā tukinga e toru e haere ana ki te kēmu.