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01 December 2009
Being idle a bonus
He is a man who believes Saturday afternoons are a time for football, but Dundee boss Jocky Scott has admitted his side’s enforced lay-off at the weekend could not have been better timed (writes Tom Duthie).
Had Dundee been pencilled in to play at Ross County then, instead of tomorrow night, Jocky has revealed his team would have picked itself.

“I hate not having a game on a Saturday, but on Saturday morning at training I only had 10 outfield players available, so this time having no game was a bonus,” he said. “By Sunday, I had 14 outfield players involved and we will now have enough bodies for tomorrow night.”

Some of those involved tomorrow will not be 100%, so, other than his long-term absentees, Jocky was not discussing who is likely to be on duty.

“We are still definitely without Tony Bullock, Craig McKeown and Maros Klimpl, while Paul McHale is extremely doubtful. The rest I’ll have a look at.”

Among those in that category will be knee-injury victims Eric Paton and Sean Higgins. Both have been making progress, but it is going to be touch and go whether or not they are on duty at Dingwall.