Travel problems- Clement gets his wish with tonight’s Ibrox match postponed

With upto 10 first team players out injured tonight’s match at Ibrox has been called off because of road conditions on the A9 between Inverness and Perth.

It seems incredible that road conditions 60 miles from Ibrox have been cited for postponing a match a week before the winter break.

Connor Goldson was the latest injury worry for Philippe Clement to deal with after the defender was forced out of Sunday’s win over Motherwell due to a groin issue.

Borna Barisic, John Lundstram, Ryan Jack, Tom Lawrence, Nico Raskin and Danilo all missed Sunday’s match which almost forced Clement into finding a place in his side for Sam Lammers.

With the weather conditions known well in advance Ross County could have made arrangements to travel on Tuesday or to have taken alternative route today. Motherwell’s match away to Aberdeen tonight appears to be going ahead as scheduled.

The postponement means that Celtic will start the Glasgow Derby five points ahead of their city rivals with home advantage giving them the chance to extend that lead.

Even though they have two matches in hand an eight point deficit going into the new year would still be a significant gap to close down.