Why have Aberdeen ‘fallen off a cliff’ in last seven games?
From the heady days of late summer into autumn, when Aberdeen were ambitious and lighting up the Scottish Premiership, now the cold harshness of winter hangs over Jimmy Thelin and his side.
It is always unrealistic to expect them to maintain their amazing form of 10 wins and 1 draw in the first 11 league games, but in seven consecutive games without a win, their decline has been obvious.
Celtic’s 6-0 defeat in the Carabao Cup semi-finals at the start of November, followed a few weeks later by their first league defeat to St Mirren, seemed to spark a wave of frustration in a team accustomed to defeats. Crisis of confidence. win.
The early-season momentum had stalled, with a 4-0 defeat at Kilmarnock on Boxing Day – a defeat that could have been even uglier had it not been for Dimita Mitov’s superb save – been shocking. .
“To be honest, they’ve fallen off a cliff,” Aberdeen great Willie Miller told BBC Sport. “This is an embarrassing result.
“It’s hard to pinpoint that. Their midfield is running out of energy. They went from being a team that managed to win games, or at least not lose, to being in free fall.
“Thelin has to solve a lot of problems. I think he will have the support of the board during the window. They have always said this is a long-term project.
“He should be given a little time to bring in his own players and turn things around again. It’s not a good situation.”
