James McPake/Celtc/SKY Sports Thread starter Smurf; Start date Jan 28, 2014 Jan 28, 2014 Dundee boss James McPake “can’t talk up enough” how vital academy coaches are to the future of the Dens Park club.However, a large chunk of the club’s academy staff went above and beyond the call of duty during redundancy talks as they offered their services for free to help keep the youth setup going.And they were all back to work at the Regional Performance Centre last week as the club’s young stars got back out on the training fields with the academy returning after the lengthy hiatus.A former youth coach at the club himself, McPake knows just how big a sacrifice that was for the 12 coaches now volunteering under head of youth Stephen Wright and technical director Gordon Strachan.“That’s huge, I can’t talk it up enough,” he said.“There were loads of them there for the first night of academy training.“Stephen and Gordon have done a great job and you can see that in the players who have made their debuts for the club, that’s all coming through the academy.“It is massive for our football club and massive for our beliefs as well, getting our own players through and into the first team.With pre-season having started and the new campaign on the horizon for Dundee – the first match is on October 6 against Forfar in the Betfred Cup – everyone at the club is looking forward to putting a very difficult summer behind them.Budgets have had to be slashed across the business and jobs have been lost but the flipside to the financial strain has been the reaction of, not just coaches working for free and first-team players and staff taking wage cuts, but the fundraising efforts of the fans.The new 1893 Foundation has been set up with fans is now putting £8,300 straight into the club’s coffers every month while a scheme to place a ‘Thank You NHS’ badge on the sleeve of next season’s shirt raised more than £16,000.On top of that supporters running 1893 miles between them brought in more than £3,000 and the Dundee FC Supporter’s Society purchased £3,230 of shares in the club.That reaction from the Dens faithful has been heartening sight for McPake as he gears up for the new season.“It’s been tough for everybody,” he added.“Unfortunately, people have lost their jobs. At the end of last season they were just starting to get a run of wins together when Covid hit.“It will be a tough league to get out of but hopefully when the season starts we can be good enough to be challenging. It is our second game but it was a step up in our performance from Peterhead.”.Poll: Walkers cheese and onion voted the top flavour of crisps – but what’s your favourite?Succession star Brian Cox: Rob Roy villain was worse than Hannibal Lecter,RAF Edzell: Remembering the lost Cold War spy base in north Angus,Video: Three simple steps to better digestive health that you can take today,EYEWITNESS: The life cycles which made Graeme Obree a world record breaker 25 years ago. "Every defeat in a derby hurts and it takes you a while, deep down, to get away from that, but we weren't going to let it linger over us," said McPake. After revealing an ankle problem for striker Alex Jakubiak, Dundee boss James McPake is hopeful of seeing a few more of his stars return from injury over the next week. A striker is top of James McPake’s transfer wishlist as he prepares his Dundee side for the new season and he’s admitted former Dundee United man Nadir Ciftci is a possibility.The Dark Blues continued their pre-season with a warm-up match at Montrose on Saturday, a late Graham Webster goal preventing a second straight win to follow last week’s victory over Peterhead.Graham Dorrans from the spot and new boy Lee Ashcroft struck for the Dens men while star signing Charlie Adam also got his first run-out.McPake’s side, however, were missing a recognised striker in the squad with summer recruits Danny Mullen and Alex Jakubiak out injured.Former St Mirren man Mullen has a short-term issue but the Dark Blues are anxiously waiting for news on an ankle problem picked up by Jakubiak against Peterhead.The Dundee boss said: “Alex, we are getting his ankle looked at.
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