I still have lot to offer, insists Murray

Dundee captain Simon Murray is adamant he still has "a lot to offer" despite struggling for form this season.

After following up a prolific spell at Ross County by netting 22 in his debut campaign at Dens Park, the 34-year-old striker has mustered just nine goals this term after playing catch-up from the start.

"For myself, coming off the back of two or three really good seasons in terms of goals and everything else, obviously with getting the injury at the start of the season it took me four or five months to get properly back and feeling back to my best fitness wise," said Murray.

"It has definitely been one season I can look back on and reflect I have learned a lot about myself and football under the gaffer. I am looking forward to ending the season as strong as possible and having a good pre-season under my belt as well.

"You are always learning, nobody is ever going to master football so there is always something to take from each season, but I have still got a lot to offer.

"I am still throwing up good running stats and everything else so as much as it has been difficult, I have enjoyed it as well and I'm looking forward to ending the season strongly and going again.

"I think we have got a habit of when a player goes through a bad period in Scotland that we just shut them off immediately. People say 'Oh, you are 34', it is not like I am an old man, it is quite young I would say.

"I look after myself well and I have still got a lot to offer."

A home win over already-relegated Livingston on Saturday will secure Dundee's Premiership status.

Murray said: "We just talked about my age but at the other end of that we have a lot of young players.

"I know fans and people only see the 90 minutes of football a week but these guys, they had probably never even cooked meals for themselves and they are leaving their home, leaving their parents to come up to Scotland, a league that they have never played in, and it is demanding.

"So they go through these spells where it is tough but we have managed to keep that real togetherness and that is credit to the manager and coaching staff. We have built a really good dressing room with the characters that are there."