| Having been called off three times because of a mixture of snow and, just yesterday, a frozen pitch, the playing surface in West Lothian got the thumbs up today.
And, despite the uncertainty over the tie that’s stretched back weeks, Dark Blues boss Jocky Scott has insisted his players’ minds will be 100% on the job in hand this evening.
“Not knowing if the game was going on or not has been a pain, but now it seems it is and I’ve no worries that the boys will be anything other than completely focused tonight,” he said.
“Yesterday was annoying, because we were about to leave here when the game got called off, but now we just want to get down there tonight and take care of business.”
Although his players have had an extra day to recover from Sunday’s draining league win over Dunfermline, Jocky will not be straying from the line-up he decided on for last night.
“Part of my thinking in deciding to make changes was that a few of the boys have been carrying knocks recently and I’d decided to give them time to recover before playing at Queen of the South on Saturday.
“I don’t see any need to change that and the team we worked on for yesterday is the one I’ll go with. It’s one that can do the job if we show the right approach.”
Among those who could be sitting this out is weekend goal hero Leigh Griffiths. He took a knock just after grabbing a dramatic late winner against the Pars and, although he is desperate to face his old club, may not be risked. That would make way for Pat Clarke to come in alongside Colin McMenamin in attack.
In the event of a draw tonight, the replay would take place at Dens on Monday. |
