Dundee striker Benjamin Kallman has accepted his settling-in period is over and he and his team-mates must improve in the second half of the Ladbrokes Premiership season.
The 20-year-old scored 16 goals in the Finnish top flight for Inter Turku this year, but has only netted once in 16 appearances in Scotland since arriving on a season-long loan in August.
The manager who signed him, Neil McCann, has since been replaced by Jim McIntyre and Dundee have spent most of the season at the bottom of the Ladbrokes Premiership.
Kallman has had to settle into a new environment off the pitch and has just returned from minor knee surgery, but he is now looking to kick on ahead of Saturday's home derby against St Johnstone.
"I have learned so much since coming here, both on and off the pitch," Kallman said. "The football is very different here, so it took me a little while to get used to it. but I think you need to see different cultures and football styles to develop as a player.
"The most difficult thing is probably trying to hold everything together.
"It's a learning experience. You are going to learn as a player and a human being, moving out on your own and taking care of everything. And, if the football is not going your way, it adds to everything.
"But it develops you as a human being and as a footballer, so I take it in a positive way."
Kallman has found the mentality of Scottish football – "trying to have a hard shell and just fight for your life" – the biggest difference from his homeland.
"I'd say the mentality is very different," he added. "I'd almost say it's more acceptable to lack quality than to lack mentality to win. That was a little bit weird when I came here, but it's very good and that's what you need to win games.
"After the break, the time it took me to settle in is officially going to be over, and I hope I can have a great second half of the season. Obviously we need the whole team to perform better so hopefully this can be the turning point for us and me."
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