There might be numerous Dundee United gamers cursing Bain’s identify after Saturday’s sport.
Full-back Kevin Ciubotaru’s shot appeared destined for the underside right-hand nook earlier than Bain intervened. United debutant Lyall Cameron additionally watched in anguish as Bain denied him.
One other new boy, Zidane Iqbal, arrowed a shot in the direction of the highest nook just for Bain to tip it away. And the goalkeeper thwarted Neil Farrugia, too.
It was an heroic show of defiance that very almost earned his aspect a primary league win of the season, however for Michael Forbes stoppage-time header.
After a mistake at Celtic Park final weekend, Bain was again to his finest.
United assistant supervisor Lee Sharp was additionally fast to reward Bain’s contribution and agree that he is completed his Scotland probabilities completely no hurt by any means.
“Completely,” he stated. “He had two or three actually good saves within the second half.”
That was maybe an understatement. Falkirk confronted 27 pictures, 9 of which had been on the right track. All of which had been repelled by Bain till the late leveller.
He has now performed 44 video games for Falkirk, protecting 10 clear sheets within the course of. He stored the ball out of the online in half of his 78 video games for Celtic previous to that.
At Dundee, Bain’s stats had been fairly good, too – 21 clear sheets in 124 video games.
Alex McLeish gave him his Scotland debut in opposition to Mexico in June 2018, after which he performed an extra 3 times for his nation. His final cap got here in opposition to Ivory Coast in a pre World Cup pleasant in March however he didn’t make the finals squad.
On his present type, he’ll have each proper to hope there is a new lease of worldwide life coming in Pocognoli’s courageous new imaginative and prescient for Scotland.