Aberdeen’s Andrew Considine has accepted that the club’s performance in the recent Betfred Cup defeat to St Mirren was nowhere near good enough.
Despite losing 2-1 to a last-minute goal, the Pittodrie side were second-best for large spells of the game, as the Paisley side dominated.
Confident there will be no repeat of poor display
In one of those quirks that football so often throws up, Aberdeen return to St Mirren on league duty this weekend. Considine is confident that there won’t be a repeat of the cup performance.
Considine admitted that so poor was the performance in the cup that the players were angry and some home truths were spoken in the wake of the loss.
“Our standards fell well short of where they need to be To turn up at St Mirren, in such an important cup game, and to perform like that, it is unacceptable” he said (Aberdeen).
“A sore one to take”
“We have managed to get to cup finals and semi-finals over the past six or seven years so it was a sore one to take. There has been words had. I am sure things will be different when we cross that white line on Saturday. The fans will look at our attitude and passion. As players and staff we need to produce that” he continued.
Considine disclosed that the anger and disappointment of the defeat has only now started to disappear, in the days before the return to Paisley.
“The anger and disappointment has stayed with us all week. Everyone is as upset as the fans are. It has gone now” he concluded.