Aberdeen are sinking and Graeme Shinnie hates it as skipper demands 'soft and vulnerable' Dons sort it out

Graeme Shinnie has admitted Aberdeen were a bit soft and vulnerable against Hibs.

The Dons went ahead through a Topi Keskinen goal on Saturday but then defensive errors saw them lose 3-1 to the Leith side. The skipper confessed that can’t be part of the DNA at Aberdeen, as they look to end their six-game winless run. Shinnie said: “You keep going. You go again and you go again and you go again until you score and we didn’t do that. We weren’t that sort of team. We looked a bit soft, a bit vulnerable after we scored and that can’t be us. That’s not what we want to be. We want to be the team we are in the first 20 minutes on the front foot, putting pressure on them. So that’s what we need to be going forward.”

Shinnie knows his team shot themselves in the foot. He said: “I felt like it was a game where we beat ourselves. We started the game well, got in front, which was good. We were looking to build on that and then we concede a goal, which happens. But then after that, it’s important to continue to try to do the things that we had been doing and I felt like we didn’t. That was the problem.

“We then lost our way. We weren’t doing what we’re good at and that plays into the opposition’s hands. So when you defend the way we defended today, it’s hard to win games. There were good moments, yes, but the bad moments outweighed them.”

The sudden loss of form has seen Jimmy Thelin’s men slip down to third. Shinnie said: “We’ve had a start to the season where we’ve put ourselves in a position in the league and we need to remember that. We obviously need to get out of the run we’re on. But we’re in a strong position in the league.

“So it’s all about remembering that. But obviously putting right what we haven’t done in five or six