Barry Robson keeping Aberdeen feet on the ground as he tells stars 'don't get carried away' after taking third spot

Barry Robson praised his Aberdeen side for retaking third place but insisted they aren’t getting carried away because they haven’t achieved anything yet.

A double from Duk was enough to see off relegation-threatened Kilmarnock at Pittodrie. That win and St Mirren’s win over Hearts saw the Dons jump back into third place - for the first time in over four months. Robson, the manager of the month, said: “I’m not getting carried away because we’ve not achieved anything. I will sit down at the end of the season and see where we’re at.

“Then I can maybe get carried away, but until then nothing changes and we move on to the next game. I have been in this game so long I know what’s round the corner, I know what can happen. You have to be the best you can be every day and if you do that you’ll be okay. If you take your foot off the gas then you know what happens. I never thought about third place then and I haven’t thought about it now, to be honest with you.

“I’m sure that’s where the club wants to be - Hearts, Hibs, everyone else wants to be there too. There’s a long way to go for that and it’s not something we’re thinking about. “

Bizarrely, the Dons had lost third spot after their defeat to Kilmarnock at the end of December. That was part of a dismal run that saw them go into freefall, saw the Jambos go 10 points clear and Jim Goodwin lose his job.

So their return was book-ended by this latest win over Killie. This was one where the apprentice got one over the sorcerer, McInnes had signed Robson as a player at Aberdeen before he joined his coaching staff.

He learned the ropes under McInnes, Tony Docherty and Paul Sheerin before he continued his trade as Aberdeen under-18 boss and now after an extensive audition has earned a