'Awkward and difficult' position for Aberdeen but club 'all in' on Thelin

Senior figures at Aberdeen are believed to still be "all in" on Jimmy Thelin, despite the club finding themselves in what has been described as an "awkward and difficult" position.

Thelin made changes to his system during Saturday's Premiership match against Motherwell as his side searched for their maiden league goal of the season, but nothing came off as the Dons suffered a miserable 2-0 defeat.

Aberdeen remain at the bottom of the table with just one point from six games and some fans have called for Thelin to leave the club.

But The Herald's Stephen McGowan believes they'll likely "hold on" until at least the international break as the club view the manager's appointment as a "three-year project".

"I think Aberdeen are all in on Jimmy Thelin. If you speak to senior people at the club they'll tell you to see it as a three-year project," Scottish football writer McGowan told the BBC's Scottish Football Podcast.

"We keep repeating ourselves in these situations. Ultimately patience can never be limitless. There has to be a point where they decide that they're in a grave situation.

"They haven't scored a goal, they only have one point, they are rooted to the bottom of the league, even Rangers are streaking ahead of them now.

"It's a really difficult and awkward place to be.

"The game against Motherwell, it was individual mistakes and bad decision-making.

"They went from 4-2-3-1 to more of a 4-3-2-1 to try to get more goals into the team, but failed to make the decisive final pass. Some of the finishing was ropey and the chances didn't quite come off.

"My instinct, my suspicion, is they'll try to hold on until the international window. They've got Shakhtar Donetsk coming up, then a home game against Dundee.

"I imagine they'll want to limp through to that point and then assess it from there."