Opinion is split on whether a day off is needed for Scotland’s first World Cup game.

There is the sensible approach that argues a financially reckless holiday is a bad idea.

On the other side is Dundee’s SNP group of councillors, and some rather odd reasoning.

There is a third way, as I shall explain later.

Let’s look at the situation.

If the Scotland v Haiti game kick-off was 2am on the Monday, not Sunday, there might be justification for a day off.

But it isn’t. Anyone who wants to catch up on sleep will do it on the Sunday.

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