| Initially, it had looked like that, in accordance with league rules, the game would take place on Wednesday week, but, after agreement between the clubs, it has been brought forward seven days.
That is a situation that suits Dark Blues boss Jocky Scott.
“From the point of view of there not being too big a gap between games it’s good that we’ll be playing Wednesday, he said.
“If it had been next week it would have meant two weeks without playing before we go to Clyde and I think it’s better to be in action Wednesday, Saturday than the other way round.”
One drawback of today’s speedy rearrangement is that striker Mikael Antoine Curier will not be available because he is still on international duty with Guadeloupe.
Meanwhile, Jocky expressed some annoyance that the game was not called off until after 11 am on Saturday.
“In all honesty, the pitch was never going to pass an inspection and that was clear by Friday, but they could not have one until Saturday and, by that time, we had travelled through,” he said.
“By the time the game went off, it was also getting on for the time when fans were starting to travel and that wasn’t good either.”
The weather continues to cause problems and Jocky’s hopes of getting a closed-door game arranged for this midweek look slim.
“We only have Cameron, Gilhaney and Benedictus on the treatment table, but a few others could do with a game. Finding a playable pitch, though, is the problem.” |
