Rome might not have been built in a day, but it couldn’t have been any more slowly constructed than Dundee FC’s proposed new stadium plans have progressed.

The Courier’s story that transport chiefs require “further clarification and evidence” over plans for the project is another blow and a potential worry for the long-term future of the club which has now posted heavy losses of £4.6 million over the last two seasons.

Both Dundee and United are integral to our history and no less culturally important to the city than the V&A or the Rep and arguably bring much more publicity here.

The ongoing farrago over the new ground and the assorted elements which will accompany it, such as a crematorium, hotel and housing, would have tried the patience of a saint.

But it’s difficult to establish who the saints are and who the sinners are........

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