'We'd have been better not turning up' - Ferry bemoans Tannadice pitch

Dundee United midfielder Will Ferry says a rare clean sheet was the only positive they can take from Tuesday night's 0-0 draw with Aberdeen.

It was honours even in a match of few chances on a Tannadice pitch which is still desperately trying to recover from a winter of being battered by the weather.

However, the clean sheet - just their fourth in 27 league games - was gratefully received.

"I am glad the game is done," Ferry said.

"I think that is the best way to describe it, I am just glad it is over. It can't have been great for the fans watching, it wasn't great to play in either.

"It wasn't a classic. That pitch is just awful, we both had to deal with it but I think we would have been better just not turning up and just saying 'there you go have a point each' but we got a clean sheet I suppose that is the positive to take.

"It was torture to play in.

"We have actually kept a clean sheet which is known to everyone that has been our kind of weakness. Weirdly enough we are really happy we haven't conceded."

The result does little for seventh placed United's slim top six hopes, leaving them nine points behind Falkirk who are sixth.

Their season has been hampered by the fact they have now drawn 12 - almost a third - of their Premiership games.

"That is why we are in the position that we are," Ferry added.

"But we can't dwell on what has happened in the past we have just got to move on. Unfortunately we will sit and watch [the game] tomorrow which won't be the most fun thing to do but we will analyse it, we will move on and we will see what we can do at the weekend."