Derek McInnes

“In the cold light of day a nil-nil and clean sheet away from home at Kilmarnock is never the worst result.

“The positive being the clean sheet on the road.

“The only other positive for me is we get Bryson a step closer to where we are going to need to get him. I thought his influence on the team was good in the first half and I thought we dictated the game for the majority of the first half. And his forward runs- I thought we lost that influence second half and the game became a bit more stretched. Other than from dead balls, I never felt under threat too much.

“I don’t think either team did enough to win the game. I thought it was a game of teams playing a bit safe and a bit predictable. Nil-nil was exactly what both teams deserved to be honest. I think in forward areas we need to do more.

“I would like to have made another change in the forward area but obviously with McKenna’s injury we had to make an enforced changed.

“We tried to freshen it up with McGinn and McLennan but there wasn’t any real difference in terms of the pattern of play.

“Some of my players – whether they’ve been here a while, players that I’ve given contracts to or players that have just arrived – we’ve always prided ourselves on having an ‘Old Firm’ type of mentality home and away. We had the best away record last season and we see the importance of each and every game.

“To me if any of my players are pleased with themselves going back with a nil-nil and that it’s not the worst result in the world – and maybe that would be a good result at their previous clubs – a draw feels like a defeat at Aberdeen and so it should.

“It feels a bit like that, a bit underwhelming with the whole performance.

“I thought we were safe and OK but OK doesn’t get the job done.

“The forward areas needed to be giving us more.

“We needed to pass the ball quicker, we needed more intent, we needed to be more willing and we needed more quality. For us to turn that one point into three points we’ve got to go and ask more questions of the opposition and we didn’t do that today.

“We will keep working with the players and try and get those improvements as we go along. We’ve got a home game next week against Ross County and hopefully we can be a bit more of what I’ve just said and go and put in a performance rather than just an OK one where we just get a point.

“He [Scott McKenna] slipped going into a challenge and he’s felt a tear in his hamstring. You would have to say that without getting it scanned and without knowing the result of the scan on Monday that he would be a risk for next week and clearly a risk for the Scotland games.”