Caley Thistle manager Craig Brewster may keep club captain Grant Munro waiting for a recall to the first team.

Jimmy Calderwood has never had it so good. Even the loss of attacker Jamie Smith has failed to temper the Aberdeen manager’s belief he has more selection options than ever before in his time at the Pittodrie helm.

Jimmy Calderwood insists that signing target Sone Aluko’s decision to snub Aberdeen in favour of joining Blackpool will not deter him from making further bids for promising young players from English clubs.

HAMILTON midfielder James McArthus reckons the belief within the dressing room helped his side get off to a winning start in the SPL.

Rangers 3 Dundee United 1

Celtic 2 Hibs 0

CALEY Thistle defender David Proctor and midfielder Ian Black are major injury doubts for the Highland club’s match against Celtic on October 18.

ABERDEEN’S most famous football son returned to his roots last night to help his hometown club in its quest to bring through the next generation of talented young players.

For the fifth season in a row Aberdeen sprung out of the blocks and promptly fell flat on their face.

Aberdeen attacker Jamie Smith is pleading with Dons supporters not to panic after the miserable opening-day defeat by Caley Thistle at Pittodrie.

JIMMY Calderwood's chickens have come home to roost. Feathers will doubtless have flown in the home dressing-room but only so much blame can be attached to the players for their lack of pluck.

ST MIRREN manager Gus MacPherson blasted referee Eddie Smith after awarding Celtic a controversial penalty at Parkhead.

Caley Thistle midfielder Dougie Imrie believes the Highland club will be challenging for the top six after they opened the SPL season by defeating Aberdeen for the first time.

Prior to Caley Thistle’s opening-day victory against Aberdeen many had made the Highland side favourites for relegation.

THE runners and riders in the 2008-09 SPL have lined up and now most of them have started the race.

Thursday at their AGM, David Murray re-iterated his plans to redevelop Ibrox stadium and its surrounding area....

Hibs 0 Rangers 3

DUNDEE United boss Craig Levein says lessons learned at Tynecastle helped him shoot down old club Hearts.

PEDRO Mendes has refused to set himself any goal scoring targets this season – but admits those he does score are likely to be a bit special.

DONS winger Jeffrey de Visscher has been told he can forget any thoughts of quitting Pittodrie in January.