How Micky Mellon won big in the Scottish Cup after going all-in with Dundee United selection gamble
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Fortune favoured the brave at Pittodrie.
When Micky Mellon fielded a vastly altered, youthful side for Dundee United’s Premiership fixture at Kilmarnock on Wednesday evening, he was opening himself up to the slings and arrows of criticism.
The Dundee United boss maintains he picked a team which he believed could win at Rugby Park, yet it would be churlish to suggest that selecting several raw kids however talented they may be and fringe players did not lessen their chances of emerging with three points.
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