However, Dixon is back in the pool for Saturday’s game at Hamilton and is set for a quickfire return to the left-back slot.

“It’s good to have Paul available again as he is a natural left-sided player and gives us good balance in that area of the park,” said boss Alex Rae.

Another man in with a chance of making the starting line-up is Khalid Hamdaoui.

The former Ajax youth player came on as a sub against Clyde and did his prospects no harm by grabbing the Dark Blues solitary counter in the 4-1 defeat.

“Khalid came on last week and I thought he did OK. That goal will have boosted his confidence,” added Alex, who, along with assistant Dave Farrell, continued his search for new talent by taking in a bounce game this afternoon.

“Our physio Jeff Clarke will monitor Stuart for the next few days, but it could be next week before the full extent of the problem is known,” said boss Craig Levein today.

“Saying that, we are pretty well off injury-wise at the moment. Greg Cameron is getting better and I would expect Steven Robb to be fit for the game at Inverness Caley on Saturday week.”

Craig will decide next week whether or not to allow young striker David Goodwillie to go on loan to Airdrie United.