GAME ON AT TANNADICE

According to the Dundee United website it’s GAME ON today.

Visitors to the website are being greeted with the message: “GAME ON
22 November 2009 Today’s match against Celtic is definitely on, following a precautionary early morning pitch inspection. “

You can’t ask for clearer than that, on the Radio Clyde news at 9am they didn’t even mention the possibility of a postponment or pitch inspection while Radio Scotland invited listeners to tune in again at 10am for the result of the 9.15am inspection!

Despite the heavy rainfall throughout Tayside and Perthshire Tannadice seems fit for today’s game which will be shown live in ESPN with a 12.30 kick off.

Glenn Loovens trained on Friday and Saturday so it appears unlikely that Josh Thompson will be given his debut.

Up front Tony Mowbray will have some big decisions to make with Scott McDonald fresh from his double as a substitute at Falkirk in contention for a starting place alongside Georgios Samaras and Marco Fortune.

Tannadice’s tight surface doesn’t lend itself to wide players with the home side certain to go with a powerful midfield three or four.

That should see a reshuffle of the Celtic pack from the side that drew at Falkirk, as well as for the actual performance of course.

United’s last home game against Rangers was abandoned at half-time as the pitch became waterlogged and a safety risk but all appears to be playable this morning.

UPDATED @ 9.30AM SUNDAY