After nine league games Dundee sit fourth in the table. It's our best start to a top-flight campaign since the 1980s and the fans are purring.

As predicted, the partnership of Brad Fink and Ash Hay has looked strong and fruitful from the get-go.

The best Dundee teams I've watched have tended to be built around partnerships and we now have them at the back, in midfield and up front.

We still reminisce about the days when Greg Stewart and Kane Hemmings put on a show at Dens Park, even if we ultimately had little to show for it.

That was a decade ago and since then we've had few top-flight strikeforces capable of capturing the imagination in quite the same way.

The 'Finkster' has scored three goals in his past four games, all against sides that finished in the top six last season.

If it weren't for a tight offside call at Falkirk, he'd be four in four. The 23-year-old Swiss forward, who is on a season-long loan from Wycombe, looks more and more like a coup in each passing game.

Ryan Finnigan and Idris Odutayo initially seemed to be two of our most impressive summer arrivals. Now, through no fault of their own, they'll need to be patient for another opportunity to break into the team.

Callum Jones and Imari Samuels have stepped up a gear and that strength in depth is an absolute joy to see.

In the past two matches - victory at Falkirk followed by the 2-2 draw with Rangers - we have fought back from losing positions.

Plenty has been made of the team's work ethic and organisation, but their character deserves equal recognition. This is a side that's become the fixture other teams in the division dread.