PETER Houston, the Dundee United manager, was in danger of running out of superlatives as he delivered a glowing appraisal of Jon Daly's attributes.

Captain, talisman, inspiration and all-round good guy. That was the gist of it. In truth, Daly deserved plaudits. His double took his SPL tally to 17 for the season and allowed him to overtake Celtic's Gary Hooper in the scoring charts. He has scored 20 in all this term and 56 in his United career. Impressive statistics all in.

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