Joe Shaughnessy targets more Rangers misery as Dundee fight for European return

Joe Shaughnessy has warned Rangers that Dundee still have plenty to play for after securing their top-six finish.

The Dees partied in Pittodrie after Motherwell's last-gasp equaliser against Hibs secured the Dens Park club's place in the top-half of the table. But while skipper Shaughnessy savoured the jubilant scenes with the travelling support at full-time, the stopper insists Tony Docherty's men are now dreaming of a European place as they chase down St Mirren in fifth place.

A win in Wednesday's rearranged clash with Gers would move Dark Blues on level points with Saints as the Tayside outfit target a return to Europe for the first time in 21 years.

He said: "It's an amazing achievement for the club, players and the fans. That's what it's all about, going over there at the end of the game, having a celebration with the fans and seeing how they enjoy it. We missed an opportunity last weekend, so to get the job done this time is just massive for us.

"But we will enjoy it, then start looking to see if we can catch St Mirren and see where it takes us. I'm not sure if it will be top four or five who'll get into Europe. But we'll just try to get results to catch the teams above us and that's all we can do. There's no way we'll be putting the tools away. We'll reset and go again on Wednesday."

We'll find out in the next 48 hours if Dens Park will be in a playable condition to host Wednesday's televised clash at the third time of asking. If not, the Premiership meeting will be shifted to a neutral venue - possibly St Johnstone's McDiarmid Park - but Shaughnessy says wherever the game is played, his teammates will just get on with it.

He added: "I'm sure there will be a big crowd and if we can maybe get a result there it will kick us on again. We can't do anything about the pitch or what has been said. It's not new. It has been like that for a couple of months.

"We can't do anything about it as players or even as the coaching staff. The good thing was we all knew coming in what we had to do, so it was a normal week really."