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.