As the Dons bounced back from defeat at Dens last week, Stephen Robinson underline how important it is to keep a sense of perspective, however results might go.

“I'm my own biggest critic. My job is to stay calm.

“My job is to not get too high when we win, like today, or not get too low when we lose, like last week. That's what's happened at Aberdeen for too long. Boom and bust. As I said before the game, not everything was wrong because we’d lost one game. We'd won five out of six before today.

“It's my job to make sure I remain calm when I pick the team. Wholesale changes weren't needed, which was proved by the performance and result. When we win games, there's lots of things that need to be improved, and still will improve. As I said in a previous interview, if we were top of the league, three points clear with a game to go, I'd still be looking for improvement.

“I have to make sure we keep doing the simple things well. Keep everybody grounded. As I said, when we lose, my job is to give players confidence and not react to results.When you lose, it doesn't matter how you play, people only see the result. When you win, they only see the result. There's lots of bits that we can improve on from today's performance and lots of things we can enjoy. Keeping on top of things, keeping working hard is what it has to be at Aberdeen.”

Tony Yogane came in for criticism after the game at Dundee last weekend, but came roaring back with affine display that left his manger very impressed.

“Tony is a very good footballer and he proved that today. Also, he's very brave. When you've played poorly, sometimes subconsciously you can overthink it. He didn't. He believed in his ability. He was stronger than their full-back, he was better than him today. He proved that he can deal with playing for Aberdeen Football Club, which is no easy task at times.

“He came off at half-time last week, but I said to Tony, ‘Don't worry about getting taken off.’ I got taken off after 15 minutes on my debut for Luton, if I remember right! Sometimes you have to make decisions as a manager. We've got a group of boys that respond to that.

“Tony's a young boy. He's 20 years of age. We have to remember that. They're going to have ups and downs. He responded really, really well, especially in the second half when he got a little bit more space and got at people. Very creative, he set a goal up. We're really pleased with him. We think he's a really good prospect. But there will be ups and downs, as there is with all players.”

After a goalless first half, the Dons went into overdrive after the break, as Robinson explained.

“We changed a little bit at half-time and put Mitchy right through the middle and Toyosi slightly wider. We thought Toy might give us that penetration in behind. Mitchy is very clever in those areas. He showed how clinical he is. It’s a great way to start if you're a striker, scoring a goal on your debut.

“It was a big ask to be thrown in because he's trained three days and he's done a pre-season with no real games. I'm really pleased with him. Again, not the finished article. He'll get better and better as time goes on. He's a very good footballer. He adds that little bit of pace and quality in any of the areas that we can play him in. He's versatile. It allows us to play with the team a little bit during a game, which is good.

“Toy is the same, he's very versatile and causes massive problems for the teams. He played his part in Mitchy's goal really well. Toy is incredible. He gets kicked from pillar to post every game. He doesn't get fouls. I'm not sure if referees just think he's a punch bag, he can just get kicked around. But he's unplayable at times in terms of his work rate and his pace.

“His play for the goal will probably go unnoticed but it was real quality, the weight of pass into Mitchy. But he's a menace for opponents, whether it's from the bench or in any of the wide areas or through the middle.”

Kevin Nisbet made it nine goals for the season and Robinson pointed to the influence his skipper has at Pittodrie.

“When I came here, we were in trouble in my opinion, real trouble. Kevin stood up to be counted. You get a lot of criticism if you don’t score goals, but he's got broad shoulders. He takes that as a striker. You'll miss chances, you'll play poorly. But we always know he's going to score goals and he's proved that again with two great finishes. That's why I leave him on the pitch a lot.

“We know what a good goalscorer he’s been over his career, and that's sometimes the difference in games. As soon as we scored, you see everybody settle, the crowd settle, the players grow in confidence and you see how good a team they can be.

“That's where we are, we're right at the very start of this process. If somebody had said at the start of it when I came in that we'd have changed the whole football club from top to bottom, we'd be starting to put young players into the team, three or four young players involved again today, some on the bench, some not, and have signed 13 players and won six out of seven, everybody would have snapped their hand off for that. It's a work in progress, it's going well, but there's still a lot more to come.”