2 3 DOES the loss of Ryan Jack from Scotland’s Euros squad open the door for an untried midfielder to gatecrash the party?

LET’S be in no doubt, Jack’s loss is a major blow. But it does open up a space for David Turnbull who deserved to be in the reckoning in any case.

RAITH and Dundee will give anyone a game. There’s every chance one of them will be playing in the top flight next season.

IT’S a blow to lose Jack but the midfield is the strongest area of the squad, outside left back, and Steve Clarke should cope. Turnbull can’t be far off getting a call though.

RAITH have been superb this season but Inverness are the ones to watch. They’ve already beaten Ross County in the cup and were unlucky against St Mirren the other night. No one will want to face them in a play-off showdown.

UNLIKELY. There’s enough strength in the middle of the park already.

THE schedules and odds are piled against them. But it is a strange season. Rule nothing out.

NO. Jack hasn’t been a regular for his country and there’s already a stampede for the midfield positions. Clarke appears to have settled on his squad and, Ryan Gauld apart, there are no obvious players making late auditions.

HEARTS are home and hosed in the Championship but do any of the others chasing a play-off spot have a chance of beating the 11th-placed Premiership team to join them in the top flight?

DUNDEE have a bit of quality and there isn’t a huge gulf between the top sides in the Championship and teams at the bottom of the Premiership. You wouldn’t bet your house on any of them beating Dundee or Dunfermline to stay up.