First win will bring 'big sigh of relief'

Luke Graham believes an elusive first Premiership victory can ignite Dundee's season.

After three draws and two defeats so far, Steven Pressley's men are desperate for a maiden victory when Livingston come calling on Saturday.

Defender Graham, who netted the equaliser in last weekend's 1-1 draw with Motherwell, believes Dundee have shown "at times" they can compete with most teams, but says they need to do it on a more consistent basis.

"It is massive to get the first win on the board, I think it will just be a big sigh of relief when it comes and we just need to try and get that on Saturday and hopefully kick on from there," he said.

"It has been a bit of a disappointing start but with everything that has been changing around the club it is always going to take a bit of time for everything to start coming together.

"I feel like last week in the second half especially we showed we can be a good team but we just need to be a bit more consistent.

"We have definitely shown at times that we can compete with most of the teams in this league and it is just about being a bit more consistent and showing it on a more permanent basis."

Graham spent last season on loan at Championship-winning Falkirk, where he saw at close quarters the difficulties Livingston can pose.

He said: "I played Livingston a good number of times and they kind of had our number a bit at Falkirk.

"so I already know they are an aggressive, powerful, good running side, but we are building towards it this week and just need to try and get the win."