Robinson on 'togetherness', survival challenge & injury latest

[ASFN Admin]

Aberdeen head coach Stephen Robinson has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Scottish Premiership visit of Hibernian.

Here are the main points:

• With the Dons just three points above the relegation play-off spot, Robinson admits Saturday's match is "a huge game".
• But stresses now is not the time to scrutinise, that will come at the end of the season and insists now is the time for "togetherness".
• On the criticism coming his team's way, Robinson says "the players have been ridiculed from pillar to post".
• And amid the pressure, he says "nobody has gone hiding, nobody is looking for excuses" and stresses everyone is up for the fight.
• Robinson was asked if the immediate challenge he faces of trying to guide the Dons to safety, is "one of the biggest" of his managerial career and has vowed to use every bit of experience he has gained as a manager.
• He points out there are other teams in the relegation fight, not just Aberdeen and believes "the positive we have over all the rest of the teams that are down there is our fan base" and stresses "we are all in this together".
• Having been in the job for a few weeks now, Robinson believes he is better equipped to know what is needed to get the team out of this situation than he was when he arrived.
• He says one of the things he has been trying to do is to get everyone together, noting that there are 16 different nationalities in the squad
• Team news: They will make a late call on Dennis Geiger who has a slight hamstring injury. Mats Knoester will resume full training next week and may be available for the second game after the split.

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