“I thought we played well. The work we’ve done in the last two weeks on the pressing game and playing through the thirds, I felt we brought that into the game. I felt we all bought into it, I thought we were calm on the ball, so in that sense, it was really positive.
“Because of that, losing the game is a tough one to take, especially having seen Hibs’ result, because we got into some great positions, we got some good balls into the box but we couldn’t get the finishing touch, nothing was falling for us.
“Pulling Hibs back is going to be very hard now. We still have to play them at Pittodrie, so that’s a chance to claw back some points there, but I feel we need to win pretty much every game if we are going to catch them. It’s a big ask but we all believe we can still do it. We’re all angry in the dressing room that we couldn’t find the back of the net but there was some good football played and we have to try and bring that to every game if we are to start scoring goals.
“I don’t think we’ve been getting much luck for a while now and in terms of goals, we need something to go for us. I thought we played well, the work we’ve done in the last two weeks was positive, but we need to score the goals the play deserves. We had chances but Ross’ header at the end sums up the way things are going for us, a free header from six yards and it doesn’t go in. We’ve all been guilty of that over the weeks, we all have to take responsibility. It will come but we need to keep going and keep playing positively, the way we did in this game.”
It was a day when two young Dons made their debut, Jack MacKenzie playing the 90 minutes, Calvin Ramsey coming on in the final minutes.
“I thought Jack made a good debut, he was brilliant. I’ve seen enough of him in training to know what a good player he is. He did well at Forfar according to the reports I’ve heard and he slotted in well. I can only hope this is the start of him playing a lot of game for Aberdeen, and the same for Calvin Ramsey making his debut too. We’ve got a good crop of young lads at the club at the moment, they just need to be ready to take their chance.”
