Bullish Dundee hero tells Rangers their pitch gripes 'don't stack up' as real villain's unmasked

Former Dundee hero Lee Wilkie has leapt to the defence of his former side amid escalating temperatures over the Rangers clash call-off.

The bullish Dens Park legend claims Philippe Clement's problem does not lie with the communication coming from the Tayside club – but with the timing of the decision to postponed the game from referee Don Robertson. Dundee face an SPFL probe after the clash with the Light Blues became their fourth home game of the season to be axed due to the weather. This comes amid Dundee chief John Nelms stating they had asked league bosses for more time to get the pitch ready and would have got the game on later in the day.

Those claims didn't spare Dee from the ire of Clement who claimed it was the Ibrox kitman who was first to let Rangers know that the game was in danger of being called off. The Belgian boss went on to warn the SPFL over the standard of the surface.

While conceding it wasn't a "good look" for his former club, Wilkie reckons the blame for the concerns raised by Clement and his club in general should be directed at the man responsible for the timing of the call-off. Writing in a column for The Courier, Wilkie said: "Sunday wasn’t a good look for Dundee. It’s been a fine season back in the top flight. But seeing another game called off because of rain is embarrassing.

"I’d expect it was probably the only game called off across the entire country, not just in professional football. For a game in our top flight to be postponed due to anything but extreme weather doesn’t reflect well on the Dark Blues.

"Meanwhile, I didn’t buy what Rangers were saying about a lack of communication from Dundee. I don’t see what difference it would’ve made to their plans.

"The game wasn’t called off