article_snippet.sent: It is just 12 weeks since bold claims were emanating from an ultra-confident Dundee United dressing room that this season could yield an unprecedented domestic Treble.
article_snippet.sent: It does seem a touch bizarre that all is not well at a club that has reached back-to-back domestic cup finals for the first time in 29 years; qualified for European competition in three of the last four years; finished in the Premiership top six in every one of the last seven years and won the Scottish League Cup   in 2010.
article_snippet.sent: Defeat at Tannadice against hapless Hamilton — without a win in 12 games — is now rendered unthinkable, even if victory would clinch a top-six finish for city rivals Dundee.
article_snippet.sent: There are those within Dens Park who sense a real opportunity to become the first Dark Blues side to finish above Dundee United in the league since 2002-03.
article_snippet.sent: Few could have guessed that scenario when, in the first hours of 2015, Dundee United took Dundee apart in a record 6-2 derby win at Tannadice.
article_snippet.sent: Not least Paul Heffernan, who, as a Hibs player, was impressed by Dundee United in a thrilling 3-3 draw at Easter Road in the Scottish League Cup   in October before Mackay-Steven’s side sneaked through on penalties.
article_snippet.sent: When I was still at Hibs earlier this season, us played they in the Scottish League Cup   and they were a very good side.
article_snippet.sent: While the tangerine half of Dundee mourns the tangerine half of Dundee fall from grace, the Dark Blues are in raptures after breaking a sequence of derbies without victory stretching back to November 2004.
article_snippet.sent: Ending that run against Dundee United was a big motivating factor —
article_snippet.sent: But, for the sake of the fans who haven’t witnessed a win over Dundee United for such a long time, it was really important.
article_snippet.sent: After a long era in the shadow of the sake of the fans who haven’t neighbours, Dundee are daring to dream.
article_snippet.sent: Amid a tangerine nightmare, however, for a Dundee United side in crisis, the Treble that once lay ahead has been replaced by trouble.