Kelle Roos made sure he did his homework on Hibs ahead of his first visit to Easter Road.
But the Aberdeen keeper can’t get his head around why referees aren’t also swotting up on potential candidates for the naughty list after witnessing Ryan Porteous’ disruptive influence on events. The defender is top of the class at Hibs, with a Scotland call-up this week a reward for all his hard work under new boss Lee Johnson.
But Dons gaffer Jim Goodwin has another opinion of him. So concerned was he about the centre-back’s ability cause trouble at set-pieces he warned both his team and referee David Dickinson before kick-off to be on the look-out for us his use of the dark arts in and around the penalty box. While keeper Roos took that cautionary lesson on board, the message failed to sink in with Liam Scales and the officials, who awarded Hibs a penalty on the stroke of half-time after Porteous hit the deck following a tangle with the on-loan Celtic defender.
