Look for more set-pieces

for a brief period, Duncan Ferguson in the 90s, corners and free-kicks have been a valuable source of goals.

And let’s not forget the contribution on that score Edjenguele’s defensive predecessors down the years have made.

It’s hard to imagine a more worrying sight for any defence than legendary skipper Paul Hegarty making his way forward to take up position around the penalty spot to await a perfectly-flighted Eamonn Bannon corner coming over.

During his long United career Heggie had ample support from fellow defenders like John Clark and Richard Gough and, before and after his time, there were other similar threats.

The great Ron Yeats, both at United and Liverpool, was at times impossible to stop when high balls came in. Moving more up to date, during his three years at Tannadice from 1998, Canadian international Jason de Vos, if not a frequent scorer, helped with the yield of set-piece strikes just through his physical presence.

Returning to the current side, the clashes so far in the Championship this term have shown it’s a league where dogged opposition defending means goals can be hard to come by.

So even a handful more of goals like the one provided by Edjenguele on Sunday could prove the difference between success and failure over the course of a long hard season.

a corner at Easter Road on Sunday to keep in touch with the teams above them in the Championship.