--- title: Blood, Sweat and Tangerine | Pat Reilly description: Insights on the boys in Tangerine --- ### Pat Reilly All Post - [All Post](https://www.bloodsweatandtangerine.com) [![Can Strain get his spot back?](https://i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk/article33687152.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/0_JS339548631.jpg) ](https://www.bloodsweatandtangerine.com/can-strain-get-his-spot-back) ##### [Can Strain get his spot back?](https://www.bloodsweatandtangerine.com/can-strain-get-his-spot-back) 10 October 2025 Going into this campaign, most Arabs would have had Ryan Strain nailed down as Gorgeous Jim’s first-choice pick at right wing-back. But football rarely follows the script. After picking up an injury and watching Luca Stephenson return to Tannadice on loan, the Australian international hasn’t... 4 minute read [ Read More ](https://www.bloodsweatandtangerine.com/can-strain-get-his-spot-back) [![Who’s the Best Striker at Tannadice?](https://www.bloodsweatandtangerine.com/hs-fs/hubfs/strikers.webp?width=400&upsize=true&name=strikers.webp) ](https://www.bloodsweatandtangerine.com/whos-the-best-striker-at-tannadice) ##### [Who’s the Best Striker at Tannadice?](https://www.bloodsweatandtangerine.com/whos-the-best-striker-at-tannadice) 2 October 2025 Three very different forwards are carrying Dundee United’s attacking hopes: **Zac Sapsford, Max Watters, and Nikolaj Moller**. Who deserves the spot in "Gorgeous Jim´s" starting line up? We asked the readers — and the verdict was emphatic. **Readers’ vote: Zac Sapsford 70% — Max Watters 30% — Nikolaj...** 3 minute read [ Read More ](https://www.bloodsweatandtangerine.com/whos-the-best-striker-at-tannadice) [![Lets tighten things up...](https://www.bloodsweatandtangerine.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Captura%20de%20pantalla%202025-09-25%20152606%202.png?width=400&upsize=true&name=Captura%20de%20pantalla%202025-09-25%20152606%202.png) ](https://www.bloodsweatandtangerine.com/lets-tighten-things-up) ##### [Lets tighten things up...](https://www.bloodsweatandtangerine.com/lets-tighten-things-up) 25 September 2025 After a fantastic win against New Firm rivals Aberdeen, the boys in tangerine look like they are laying the foundations for another high-flying season. Five games into the campaign, “Gorgeous Jim’s” side sit proudly in third place. The big question now is: can they consolidate this position in... 3 minute read [ Read More ](https://www.bloodsweatandtangerine.com/lets-tighten-things-up) [![Get the ball down the park…](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/640/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2025/9/13/4109d6ec-273f-448c-90a6-cf9f50969a8d.jpg.webp) ](https://www.bloodsweatandtangerine.com/get-it-down-the-park) ##### [Get the ball down the park…](https://www.bloodsweatandtangerine.com/get-it-down-the-park) 17 September 2025 There were plenty of talking points to come out of Easter Road last weekend. Was it a penalty? Should Vicko have seen red? Should Kucherenko have tried to punch the ball? Will he be dropped next week? In truth, none of these questions seem to matter much. "Gorgeous Jim" looks about as likely to... 3 minute read [ Read More ](https://www.bloodsweatandtangerine.com/get-it-down-the-park) [![Zac attck!!!](https://www.bloodsweatandtangerine.com/hs-fs/hubfs/zac%202-jpg.jpeg?width=400&upsize=true&name=zac%202-jpg.jpeg) ](https://www.bloodsweatandtangerine.com/zac-attck) ##### [Zac attck!!!](https://www.bloodsweatandtangerine.com/zac-attck) 10 August 2025 Dennis the Menance has long held the title of ´Top Menace´ on the banks of the Tay, but there is a new ´Terror´ in town. ´The Aussie Annoyance´ has officially opened his account and it does not look like he will be slowing down anytime soon.  Zac´s first goal came from a deft touch inside to ease... 1 minute read [ Read More ](https://www.bloodsweatandtangerine.com/zac-attck) [![Will they get their chance?](https://www.bloodsweatandtangerine.com/hs-fs/hubfs/owen%20feautre.jpg?width=400&upsize=true&name=owen%20feautre.jpg) ](https://www.bloodsweatandtangerine.com/will-they-get-their-chance) ##### [Will they get their chance?](https://www.bloodsweatandtangerine.com/will-they-get-their-chance) 28 June 2025 *"We are very much a 3-4-3 in attack. We want to try and be aggressive in the top end of the pitch out of possession, but then we are quite willing at times to drop back into a 5-4-1 low block and frustrate the opposition.”* Jim Goodwin was extremely open from day one of the 2024/25 campaign on how... 3 minute read [ Read More ](https://www.bloodsweatandtangerine.com/will-they-get-their-chance) [![Out with the old](https://www.bloodsweatandtangerine.com/hs-fs/hubfs/a32286e0-4dd0-11ef-bb7e-6f32879066d1.jpg-1.webp?width=400&upsize=true&name=a32286e0-4dd0-11ef-bb7e-6f32879066d1.jpg-1.webp) ](https://www.bloodsweatandtangerine.com/out-with-the-old) ##### [Out with the old](https://www.bloodsweatandtangerine.com/out-with-the-old) 20 June 2025 Luxembourg here we come! European football is once again back on the cards at Tannadice Park. Easily forgotten are the ´yo-yo years´ of the last decade and “Handsome Jim” has surely won over even his gravest of critics (Paul McNicholl), For now… An exodus of core players which began with King... 3 minute read [ Read More ](https://www.bloodsweatandtangerine.com/out-with-the-old)