There could, however, be further ramifications following the goalie’s late return from World Cup duty with Trinidad last week that forced him to miss Saturday's defeat at Ross County.

Jack made it back into this country only a few hours before kick-off in Dingwall after being ordered by Trinidad’s president George Maxwell Richards to return to the Caribbean for World Cup qualification celebrations following the play-off win in Bahrain.

The likes of Marvin Andrews, Russell Latapy and Jason Scotland all got back to this country without first heading for their homeland, but Jack caved in to pressure to stay on the plane and cross the Atlantic.

While Dundee feel he should have refused to return home, it seems they do now accept he was not completely to blame as his manager indicated this afternoon.

“I’ve met him face to face now and it’s all been sorted out with Kelvin,” said Alan.

“He was put in a bad position and tried all he could to get here, but was let down at the Trinidad end. So far as he goes, it’s been sorted out internally.”

Dundee may still raise the matter with the Trinidad football authorities and are unhappy that, whether or not their player made a wrong decision, he was put under pressure to fly back home.

Jack is set to return to action this weekend because the other experienced keeper on the books, Derek Soutar, is set to have surgery on a knee injury.

He will see a specialist in a couple of days, but medical staff at Dens are already convinced he has cartilage trouble and needs a tidy up operation.Soutar’s was only one name on a lengthy absentee list at training this morning and, of Saturday’s starting 11, only Paul Dixon, Barry Smith, Bobby Mann and Garry Brady were in training.

Looking back on Saturday’s defeat at Ross County, Alan said, “Things cannot go on like this and we’ll have to try something different to get things right. We will be working hard on a few things in training this week and things will be different on Saturday.

“Ross County was very disappointing because we lost goals to them doing things we told the players they would and had worked on in training. Too often, though, things are looking OK in training, but when they go out on the pitch the players are not doing it.”

“The boys could not have worked any harder and that was good because they let themselves down a bit at Hearts in the game before. They know that is the way it has to be and I want that same attitude at Inverness on Saturday.”

There was praise, too, for midfielder Barry Robson, who, in the absence of the injured Grant Brebner, operated in a central position alongside Mark Kerr.

“It was the first time he had ever played in there, but I was very happy with his performance. He is a strong boy who can do well in the middle and being in there keeps him more involved It is definitely an option for the future,” added Gordon.

“Overall, I was disappointed not to take three points and, if anything, it is too many draws that is killing us right now. But there were definitely positives from Saturday.”

The performance may have bought Gordon more time as he battles to keep his job and a win in the Highlands would be another boost.

Selection problems continue, however, and definitely out are the injured Peter Canero and suspended Paul Ritchie.

There is no guarantee Brebner will return. He injured a calf at Hearts and missed out on Saturday.

“Brebner was quite a bit away from playing and, though it’s too early to assess his chances of making it this weekend, I think you are talking about him being 50-50,” Gordon added.

Steven Milne has joined the list of McDiarmid Park injured. He was taken off early on against Clyde due to a hamstring knock.